# Containers — Sylvain Kalache

URL: https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/containers

My writing, talks, podcasts, and projects about Containers.

## Selected work

- [Uplevelling Your Container Lifecycle Management](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/uplevelling-your-container-lifecycle-management.md) (2025-03-19; CloudNativeNow): Best practices for managing the full container lifecycle — from build to runtime to decommission.
- [Dependency and Runtime Management](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/dependency-and-runtime-management.md) (2025-03-19; CloudNativeNow): Strategies for managing dependencies and runtimes in containerized environments — keeping images secure and up to date.
- [Buildpacks Optimization, Portability and Lifecycle](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/buildpacks-optimization-portability-and-lifecycle.md) (2025-03-19; CloudNativeNow): Advanced buildpacks techniques for optimizing build times, ensuring portability across clouds, and managing lifecycle updates.
- [Harbor: the artifacts registry](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/harbor-the-artifacts-registry.md) (2024-09-17; The Landscape): Harbor maintainer Vadim Bauer walks through container image management, OCI artifact storage, replication for disaster recovery, and storing AI models.
- [3 Ways To Improve Your Container Build Process](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/3-ways-to-improve-your-container-build-process.md) (2024-07-22; The New Stack): Practical techniques to speed up container builds, reduce image size, and improve reproducibility across development and CI environments.
- [How to Streamline the Java Application Containerization Process](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/how-to-streamline-the-java-application-containerization-process.md) (2024-01-30; CloudNativeNow): Simplifying Java app containerization with buildpacks — skip the Dockerfile complexity and let the platform handle the build.
- [How to push PaaS usage beyond 12-factor apps](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/how-to-push-paas-usage-beyond-12-factor-apps.md) (2023-12-10; TechCrunch): PaaS commands a $170B share of the cloud market, yet manual deployments persist. A practical framework for workload APIs that goes beyond Heroku-style apps.
- [How to Containerize a Python Application with Paketo Buildpacks](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/how-to-containerize-a-python-application-with-paketo-buildpacks.md) (2023-05-29; The New Stack): Step-by-step guide to containerizing Python apps using Paketo Buildpacks — no Dockerfile required.
- [4 Ways to Enhance Your Dockerfiles](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/4-ways-to-enhance-your-dockerfiles.md) (2023-05-04; The New Stack): Practical tips for writing better Dockerfiles — multi-stage builds, layer caching, security scanning, and image optimization.

[All work](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/index.md)