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# [The (near) Perfect Dockerfile for Django Applications](https://siddharthsahu.com/the-near-perfect-dockerfile-for-django-applications?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Prerequisites- This article assumes an intermediate level understanding of Docker and Django based application development. Docker has revolutionized software development and has proven to be the nucleus of new-age development practices like CI-CD, d...

Sep 26, 2021 · 10 min read · siddharthsahu.com  
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[Mounir Messelmeni](https://hashnode.com/@mounir)

[Oct 31, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-near-perfect-dockerfile-for-django-applications/6267ee833033e09ae73ebfbe/comment/63603c919d2c7c624f6997dd)

Nice article! I don't really embrace running makemigrations inside the container and then migrate, if a developer for whatever reason remove a model or a model field this is going to be destructive! Making migrations should be part of the developer's task and generated migrations files should go into review before deploying a new version of the software. It's a good practice to have `./manage.py makemigrations --check` into your CI step too to avoid forgetting about migrations files. For k8s users, initcontainers or k8s jobs could be a better place to run migrate command (If using ArgoCD presync hooks are even better).