26 Jul 2021 • 7 min read Few weeks ago, I did a conference about Kubernetes/Docker (in French, sorry, but the slides are here), and I put inside a statement that some people, rightfully, were holding me accountable for: Docker images are slow, because they are using old technologies! The (in)famous picture But Loïc, what the hell is this scale? You are supposed to be a scientist, and you give us this poop? I was saying that if you compile yourself your software (inside a container or not) you are going to have big improvements. But people didn't believe me. me after the conference!