// 5 tips tagged "docker"
Bloated Docker images slow CI, increase attack surface, and cost money — paste your Dockerfile and ask Claude to audit it for quick wins.
Describe your project and the commands you run constantly — Claude will write a complete Makefile with phony targets, a help command, and coloured output that makes your workflow self-documenting.
Describe your full stack in plain English and Claude will write a production-ready docker-compose.yml with all services wired up correctly.
Kubernetes YAML is verbose and unforgiving — describe what you need in plain English and let Claude write the manifests.
Tell Claude what your app runs on and it will write a production-ready Dockerfile complete with multi-stage builds and sensible defaults.