A stack of three shipping containers, the top one highlighted, wired to a single node — the one workload that earns its container.

Containers: A Means to an End, Not the End-All-Be-All New!

Containers solve a real, specific problem — and somewhere along the way we started treating them as the answer to every question. Here’s the problem they actually fix, where they earn their keep, and when reaching for them is just cargo cult with a YAML accent.

June 22, 2026 · 8 min · 1648 words · John Reed