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Containers don't solve dependency hell. They just give you a standard way to ship your bespoke bash scripts.

If you like writing bash scripts then go for it. (Personally I'd rather be doing literally anything else, like, I don't know, shoveling manure.)



Containers do solve dependency hell by isolation. It's like venv/uv in Python that you switch between different environment with different sets of dependency. Or speaking essentially, you lifted yourself away from having dependencies shenanigans since you have virtualizations of it


> Containers do solve dependency hell by isolation.

Only if they isolate each atomic package individually. Which is exactly what Nix is and what Docker isn't.


that's what they said




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