Agreed, just for one app no need to create unneeded overhead. But PROD usually looks different. See paragraph "Application Environment" here http://queue.acm.or

Agreed, just for one app no need to create unneeded overhead. But PROD usually looks different. See paragraph "Application Environment" here http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2898444 http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2898444 why you would still want to put static binaries in Docker containers.