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by teacup50 4231 days ago
Containers abstract over reducible complexity.

Functions (should) abstract over irreducible complexity.

As long as we're asking hypotheticals — why do applications need to control the global OS namespace and the dependencies between elements in that namespace to a degree that the applications themselves can't be easily deployed without containers?

Can that problem be reduced?

If not, why not?