The difference is that it doesn't work on MY container, it works on A container. And I can run the same container byte by byte in my machine, yours, or a produc

The difference is that it doesn't work on MY container, it works on A container. And I can run the same container byte by byte in my machine, yours, or a production cluster. Most/all of the issues highlighted in this article can be mitigated by making your system more self-contained (less dependencies), or using some layers of abstraction on top (e.g. docker compose). Despite these hot takes containers are a massive step in simplifying system deployments.