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Docker
Company blog · docker.com/blogprogrammingsystems
Docker is the company blog at docker.com, writing about programming and systems. Since 2013, 459 different Hacker News readers have linked it 611 times, most often “Heredocs in Dockerfiles (2021)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 1 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Docker's blog and product pages for announcements such as Docker Desktop licensing, Hub rate limits and containerd, and for its homepage and what-is-Docker explainers.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter called a Docker blog post on containerd's role a nice post and said its diagram is nice too.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software.
Most-linked posts?
- Heredocs in Dockerfiles (2021)11 people · 12 mentions · first linked 2021-07-31
- Don't show SQL error messages in production sites11 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2014-09-20
- /pricing11 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2015-10-08
- Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents8 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2026-02-02
- Apple Silicon M1 Chips and Docker8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2020-11-16
- /pricing/8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2022-04-16
- /community/open-source/application/7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2023-03-14
- Speed boost achievement unlocked on Docker Desktop 4.6 for Mac6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2022-03-16
- How to deploy on remote Docker hosts with Docker-compose6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2020-03-02
- Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M15 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-12-16
What Hacker News says?
> host their own stuff and just make them searchable/discoverable You aware that hosting probably represent 1% of Docker spending at the moment ? You aware that Docker has 100+ employees based in SF where the average salary is 120K$/Year ? And here I'm being gentle not to include the management[0] which in general has salary closer to 300K than 120K [0] https://www.docker.com/company
Comment linking /company
on “Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store”Submitted A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images as a story · 357 points
HN discussionYou have to look around a bit, but: "Customers may view, update or change their registration information by logging in to their accounts at www.docker.com. Requests to access, change, or delete your information will be handled within 30 days." "Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Website should be directed to privacy@docker.com or by mailing Docker Privacy, 144 Townsend Street…
Comment linking /legal/docker-privacy-policy
on “Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store”Submitted Docker to rate limit image pulls as a story · 355 points
HN discussionYour assumption is incorrect. This is about Docker Inc starting to charge money for Docker Desktop: https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
Comment linking /blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
on “Apple Delays Rollout of Child Safety Features”Submitted Adding Kubernetes support to the Docker platform as a story · 300 points
HN discussion> Docker relies on LXC, so it's Linux-only. Docker hasn't supported LXC since 2016, and stopped relying on it in 2014 https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-0-9-introducing-execution...
Comment linking /blog/docker-0-9-introducing-execution-drivers-and-libcontainer/
on “I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old”Submitted Docker Raises $23M as a story · 299 points
HN discussionThis is exactly how Docker works too - they recently rate limited anonymous accounts, and by signing up for the free plan you agree to very similar terms and conditions in return for a higher pull rate limit. Source: https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-privacy-policy See Section 3. Use of Information Collected
Comment linking /legal/docker-privacy-policy
on ““I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure””Submitted Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1 as a story · 274 points
HN discussionYep = https://www.docker.com/docker-windows
Comment linking /docker-windows
on “Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS”Submitted Docker update ToS: Image retention limits imposed on free accounts as a story · 265 points
HN discussionFor individuals and small businesses, yes https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions
Comment linking /blog/updating-product-subscriptions
on “Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop”Submitted The Docker Compose Specification as a story · 251 points
HN discussion"Docker Desktop" uses a VM for container execution on all supported OSes - Windows, macOS and Linux - default installs are not running "docker" natively at your local CLI if you are using "Docker Desktop" to run docker, even on Linux. > https://www.docker.com/blog/the-magic-behind-the-scenes-of-d... > https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/linux-install/ > https://docs.docker.com/desktop/faqs/linuxfaqs/#what-is-the…
Comment linking /blog/the-magic-behind-the-scenes-of-docker-desktop/
on “Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop”Submitted Docker Desktop for Mac (Apple Silicon) as a story · 247 points
HN discussionI'm pretty sure the main reason there's a push to move from Docker Desktop now is because earlier this year they started charging larger businesses/teams to use it. So if you're just using it for yourself you probably don't need to bother https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
Comment linking /blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
on “Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop”Submitted Speed boost achievement unlocked on Docker Desktop 4.6 for Mac as a story · 206 points
HN discussionDocker Desktop for Mac released an experimental file sharing implementation back in March[0]. It made working with Docker bearable. Does anyone know how well Podman performs on Mac? Especially file sharing. Edit: A quick Google led me back to this HackerNews comment[1]. Looks like Docker for Mac is faster. [0] https://www.docker.com/blog/speed-boost-achievement-unlocked... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32…
Comment linking /blog/speed-boost-achievement-unlocked-on-docker-desktop-4-6-for-mac
on “Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop”Submitted The Docker+WASM Technical Preview as a story · 201 points
HN discussionA quick search would answer your question: https://www.docker.com/why-docker
Comment linking /why-docker
on “Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro”Submitted Docker and Canonical Partner on Commercially-Supported Docker Engine for Ubuntu as a story · 192 points
HN discussionNo, the original link was: https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/ . The page reads as follows: > These new terms take effect August 31, 2021, and there is a grace period until January 31, 2022 for those who require a paid subscription… So: announced 31.08, effective 31.08 (albeit grace period). To add to this, I have received their email with this announcement after after 2pm CEST on 31.08. This…
Comment linking /blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
on “Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies”Submitted You want microservices, but do you need them? as a story · 150 points
HN discussionThey tried that ("Docker Enterprise Edition") years ago, with some minor differentiation on features only available in EE... but for $62-300/node/month. This is now the part Mirantis owns, current Docker is the developer-focused side. https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-enterprise-edition/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171118161452/https://www.docke...
Comment linking /blog/docker-enterprise-edition/
on “Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies”Submitted Docker Datacenter – develop and manage apps at any scale as a story · 147 points
HN discussionWe do accept credit card payments. All our pricing is on the website https://docker.com/pricing - the Business plan will be available by credit card soon as well.
Comment linking /pricing
on “Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies”Submitted Docker Apology as a story · 142 points
HN discussionConveniently as of a few days ago, you don’t need to be worried about this anymore. TestContainers is no longer a third-party! https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-whale-comes-atomicjar-mak...
Comment linking /blog/docker-whale-comes-atomicjar-maker-of-testcontainers/
on “Testcontainers”Submitted Docker is updating and extending our product subscriptions as a story · 135 points
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