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The same mistake can be done outside of containers though. Any software needs to be maintained and its dependancies kept up to date. Containers might give the feeling that it's not a necessity anymore as it allows to spin up an environment in one command, but in the end those dependencies are still there.

My experience is the opposite. I once had started a job with totally outdated software that couldn't be run anywhere else than the old server it was currently running and had never been touched since 2008. We were able in the end to bring everything back up to date and create containers that are: - easy to update - allow devs to work on their favourite os (windows, linux or macos) - does not require someone help devs to fix their dev environment regularly