You should stop writing Dockerfiles today — Do this instead

Using docker init to write Dockerfile and docker-compose configs

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Are you one of those who find writing Dockerfiles, and docker-compose.yml files painful?

At least I never enjoyed it.

I always wondered if I was following the best practices, and not introducing security vulnerabilities unknowingly while writing the Dockerfile , docker-compose config files.

Well, I won’t have to worry about it anymore, thanks to the good people at Docker who put Generative AI to better use without making too much noise about it.

They created a CLI utility tool — docker init

Interesting read:

• Everything You Need To Know About Docker
• Deploy a dockerized Flask app on AWS Using Github Action
• Run multi-container applications with Docker Compose

Introducing docker init

Docker launched the general availability of docker init a few days back. I have tried it, and I found it very useful and I cannot wait to start using it in my day-to-day life.