Java in a Container: Efficient Development and Deployment With Docker (opens in new tab)

There is a specific kind of frustration reserved for Java developers who have just containerized their application. You spend hours optimizing your Spring Boot microservice, ensuring your logic is sound and that your tests pass. You wrap it in a Docker container, push it to the registry, and deploy. Then the reality sets in. Your image is 800MB, your startup time is 40 seconds, and during load testing, the container is killed silently by the OS. In my recent work, migrating a monolithic Java ...