You can think of docker files and other manifests as a highly structured and more direct-to-machine form of communication. Instead of a developer informing othe

You can think of docker files and other manifests as a highly structured and more direct-to-machine form of communication. Instead of a developer informing other developers to ensure that the dev machines and servers are upgraded to the right version of the JVM via a confluence page or slack message, that developer has left machine-readable instructions in a consistent format in a readily accessible place. This is a good way to fix those problems with communication/practices/documentation and processes.