[praveenweb]

carbon is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version of Node. Instead of using the latest version, which can have breaking changes and possible drop of support in the future, it is recommended to use LTS version just to ensure using a stable + well supported version. alpine base images are generally used to cut down the image size for production, because they are very minimal and works well for most use-cases. But you would generally use carbon or specific full blown version of node in development, because you can install system dependencies for bundling code.

[jpallen]

Thanks! You've given me something new to try out :)