[0xCMP]

I think of Docker as a universal static compiler. And I mean that in a positive way: static compiling makes a lot of sense with the incredible complexity we're often finding ourselves in. There really are no other ways to distribute node/ruby/python apps in a static way and when there is it's limited in serious ways beyond often being ONLY for a specific ecosystem (e.g. wheels for python).

[snovv_crash]

There are many ways of doing this for Python... pyinstaller, py2exe, Nuitka to name a few

[coldtea]

Python is probably the worst example for achieving this...

The fact that "there are many tools to do this for Python" is already a big red warning sign...

[RexM]

Cool, now do node and ruby, using the same tool.

[ta988]

Yes and they tend to all crumble when you have complex use cases with numpy, scipy, qt etc They can be a pain to deploy and manage remotely as well.