I would have to disagree with the idea that Python is the main place where this is a problem. What about a system which needs to run multiple applications which

I would have to disagree with the idea that Python is the main place where this is a problem. What about a system which needs to run multiple applications which require multiple JVM versions, for example? Or different versions of the .NET framework? My experience is that JVM developers use Docker just as much as any other ecosystem. The idea that Kubernetes is somehow a symptom of bad dependency management seems to miss the point of Kubernetes - to allow multiple systems to be modeled as a pool of computing resources. One could image a Kubernetes that runs ‘fat binaries’ instead of containers and still be useful. In fact, that may be possible to implement within Kubernetes with a simple extension given how flexible it is. > Developers who write Scala are in love with Akka, which appears to be very good. Nitpick: Akka is very far from universally loved in the Scala community. Most Scala devs I know would rather use Kafka for cross-system message/event processing, and something lightweight like Monix for parallelism and concurrency within a process (you can also simulate Actor-like behavior with Monix if you want) EDIT: there’s some kind of addendum at the end about base images where it looks like they are A) pulling straight from Dockerhub (a huge no-no from a security viewpoint) and B) not using tags right. Irrespective of how much you like or dislike a certain tool, not taking the time to learn the best way to use it is going to cost you more time in the end.