Let’s talk about Docker and Nix today. Before explaining what Nix is, if you don’t know yet, and before going into the details, I will show you a snippet similar to a Dockerfile for creating a Redis image equivalent to the one in docker hub.

The final image will be around 42mb (or 25mb) in size, compared to 177mb.

EDIT: as mentioned on HN, alpine-based images can even go around 15mb in size.

If you want to try this, the first step is to install Nix.

Podman can run rootless containers and be a drop-in replacement for Docker.