The landscape of application development is rapidly evolving, propelled by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the development process. Results in the Docker AI Trends Report 2024, a precursor to the upcoming State of Application Development Report, show interesting AI trends among developers, highlighted in this report. The most recent Docker State of Application Development Survey results offer insights into how developers are adopting and utilizing AI, reflecting a shift toward more intelligent, efficient, and adaptable development methodologies. This transformation is part ..read more

Imagine you’re deep in the zone, coding away on a groundbreaking project. The ideas are flowing, the coffee’s still warm, and then — bam! An error message pops up, halting your progress like a red light at a busy intersection. We’ve all been there, staring at cryptic codes or vague advice, feeling more like ancient mariners navigating by the stars than modern developers armed with cutting-edge technology. This scenario is all too familiar in the world of software development. With an arsenal of tools, languages, platforms, and security protocols at our disposal, the complexity of our work envi ..read more

Dockerfiles are fundamental tools for developers working with Docker, serving as a blueprint for creating Docker images. These text documents contain all the commands a user could call on the command line to assemble an image. Understanding and effectively utilizing Dockerfiles can significantly streamline the development process, allowing for the automation of image creation and ensuring consistent environments across different stages of development. Dockerfiles are pivotal in defining project environments, dependencies, and the configuration of applications within Docker containers. With ne ..read more

As security threats become more and more prevalent, building software with security top of mind is essential. Security has become an increasing concern for container workloads specifically and, commensurately, for container base-image choice. Many conversations around choosing a secure base image focus on CVE counts, but security involves a lot more than that.  One organization that has been leading the way in secure software development is the Debian Project. In this post, I will outline how and why Debian operates as a secure basis for development. For more than 30 years, Debian’s dive ..read more

Docker Official Images are a curated set of Docker repositories hosted on Docker Hub that provide a wide range of pre-configured images for popular language runtimes and frameworks, cloud-first utilities, data stores, and Linux distributions. These images are maintained and vetted, ensuring they meet best practices for security, usability, and versioning, making it easier for developers to deploy and run applications consistently across different environments. Docker Official Images are an important component of Docker’s commitment to the security of both the software supply chain and open sou ..read more

Are in-person tech conferences back in fashion? Or are engineers just willing to travel for fresh baguettes? In this post, I round up a few highlights from KubeCon Europe 2024, held March 19-24 in Paris. My last KubeCon was in Detroit in 2022, when tech events were still slowly recovering from COVID. But KubeCon EU in Paris was buzzing, with more than 12,000 attendees! I couldn’t even get into a few of the most popular talks because the lines to get in wrapped around the exhibition hall even after the rooms were full. Fortunately, the CNCF has already posted all the talk recordings so we can c ..read more

Continuous learning is a necessity for developers in today’s fast-paced development landscape. Docker recognizes the importance of keeping developers at the forefront of innovation, and to do so, we aim to empower the developer community with comprehensive learning resources. Docker has taken a multifaceted approach to developer education by forging partnerships with renowned platforms like Udemy and LinkedIn Learning, investing in our own documentation and guides, and highlighting the incredible learning content created by the developer community, including Docker Captains. Commitment to deve ..read more

I have been recently watching The Americans, a decade-old TV series about undercover KGB agents living disguised as a normal American family in Reagan’s America in a paranoid period of the Cold War. I was not expecting this weekend to be reading mailing list posts of the same type of operation being performed on open source maintainers by agents with equally shadowy identities (CVE-2024-3094). As The Grugq explains, “The JK-persona hounds Lasse (the maintainer) over multiple threads for many months. Fortunately for Lasse, his new friend and star developer is there, and even more fortunately ..read more

Videos are full of valuable information, but tools are often needed to help find it. From educational institutions seeking to analyze lectures and tutorials to businesses aiming to understand customer sentiment in video reviews, transcribing and understanding video content is crucial for informed decision-making and innovation. Recently, advancements in AI/ML technologies have made this task more accessible than ever.  Developing GenAI technologies with Docker opens up endless possibilities for unlocking insights from video content. By leveraging transcription, embeddings, and large langu ..read more

During the past decade, containers have revolutionized software development by introducing higher levels of consistency and scalability. Now, developers can work without the challenges of dependency management, environment consistency, and collaborative workflows. When developers explore containerization, they might learn about container internals, architecture, and how everything fits together. And, eventually, they may find themselves wondering about the differences between containerd and Docker and how they relate to one another. In this blog post, we’ll explain what containerd is, how Dock ..read more