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The NodeJS alpine base image is only 40 MB.

• lolive 4y ago
  Then you _npm install_ something, and BOOOM! 600MB !
  • Defman 4y ago
    You can use multi-stage builds [1] so your result image would be as small as possible by just copying the compiled JS from the build stage. [1]: https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/multistage-build/ https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/multistage-bu...
    • vbezhenar 4y ago
      You still need to download hundreds of megabytes of packages, unpack those into gigabyte of storage, "compile" it into a final form. Also you need to keep those huge images, if you want to have any reasonable caching. Otherwise builds will take forever.
    • hinkley 4y ago
      Compiled JavaScript?
      • veyh 4y ago
        Bundled. With esbuild, for example.
      • Defman 4y ago
        My bad, I meant "bundled".