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Comparing base image sizes in Docker

DockerImage OptimisationBase choiceintermediate

What this snippet does

Comparing bases side by side makes the cost of a full distro image obvious.

Expected output

node:20 1.09GB
node:20-alpine 135MB
alpine:3.20 7.8MB

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