Servers, VMs etc. always end up getting build-essential to handle random python/ruby/npm/... package installations, as the shipped versions are hopelessly outda

Servers, VMs etc. always end up getting build-essential to handle random python/ruby/npm/... package installations, as the shipped versions are hopelessly outdated and creating your own debian packages for all of them is about as enjoyable as performing appendix surgery on yourself. Multi-stage builds do make it a bit easier to get rid of them for containers, yes, but during the build stage it's still required.