Ever spent three hours setting up a project, ran npm start or python main.py, and got a wall of bright red error messages? Then you text your teammate, they pull the exact same code from GitHub, run i
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Kartik N V J K
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The python:3.10-slim base is the right call for a prediction API, and it's worth spelling out why, because the full image drags in build tooling you never touch at runtime and just widens the attack surface. Copying requirements and running pip install before the app code, like you show, is the caching trick that saves the most rebuild time. Are you pinning exact versions in requirements, or leaving them open for the latest patch?