I work in facial recognition, where the application is treated as a sensor, and it must interface with an unknown infrastructure. Faced with this uncertainty, w

I work in facial recognition, where the application is treated as a sensor, and it must interface with an unknown infrastructure. Faced with this uncertainty, we chose what the author here calls "fat binaries" - our single application is pure C++, fully self contained with a complete HTTP/REST Server included. No dependencies. We publish both Linux & Windows versions, and find superior flexibility and performance over those using Docker / standardized VM technical strategies. Our running application sits in 500K of RAM, runs performance circles around anyone we are compared, and easily can be added into containers or VMs soas to be compatible with clients Docket/Container/Standardization strategy. However, we can just as easily be run on a Raspberry PI, an Intel Compute Stick, or even right on the paltry 1MB hardware inside an IP camera. Try that with Docker.