[AndyKelley]

I wrote that text. People were unnecessarily trying to use Docker in order to build their Zig applications and so this is a dramatic way to point out that you don't need to do that because you can make them statically compiled and thus run in any Linux environment. That GitHub repository is only for creating Drone CI images.

If you were going to put a Zig application into a Dockerfile you could use `FROM scratch`.

Of course you may have other uses for Docker, that's fine. This text is for people coming from e.g. Go or Python where the reflex is to unconditionally use Docker. When using Zig this should be questioned.

[mfext]

Interesting, I understand now thanks to your reply and a couple others. I’ve been living in an interpreted echo system for too long (nodejs, python) I suppose, so I was looking through a runtime-focused lense where Docker shines so the word choice seemed radical. This is a cool project, thank you for taking the time to respond!

[aprdm]

Isn't go statically compiled by default also..?