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by iolo 1483 days ago
You can think of docker files and other manifests as a highly structured and more direct-to-machine form of communication. Instead of a developer informing other developers to ensure that the dev machines and servers are upgraded to the right version of the JVM via a confluence page or slack message, that developer has left machine-readable instructions in a consistent format in a readily accessible place.

This is a good way to fix those problems with communication/practices/documentation and processes.

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>This is a good way to fix those problems with communication/practices/documentation and processes.

No it's not because the dev who made the database-container forgot to inform you that you need the new jdbc.jar etc...it's the same just with one more layer.