Hey there, fellow Docker enthusiasts! If you’ve been containerizing applications for a while, you’ve probably run into this all-too-familiar frustration: your Docker images are absolutely massive, they take forever to build and deploy, and you’re left wondering if there’s got to be a better way. Trust me, I’ve been there—staring at a 1.4GB image thinking “surely this can’t be right?”
After years of wrestling with bloated containers (and some very unhappy DevOps teammates), I finally embraced multi-stage builds—and honestly, it’s been a complete game-changer. In this article, I’ll share what I’ve learned about this powerful but often overlooked Docker feature that could revolutionize your containerization workflow.