Tag: distroless

Alpine gives you a shell and apk; Distroless gives you nothing but the app. Compare attack surface, image size, and multi-stage build complexity.

Distroless containers are tiny, secure, and loved by security teams, until you need to debug one at 2 AM. Here's when Google distroless actually pays off vs when it's just container hipster points.

Distroless images contain only your app and its runtime, no shell, no package manager, no attack surface. Here's how to build them.