Useful Docker images can actually be made quite a bit smaller than 1GB+ by using small distros like busybox and following best practices such as cleaning up tem

Useful Docker images can actually be made quite a bit smaller than 1GB+ by using small distros like busybox and following best practices such as cleaning up temporary data between commits. That being said this is a legitimate concern because it affects how tight a developers loop is so it's something we'll probably have to address longterm.