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Discussion on: Explain Docker Like I am Five

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Joe Zack

Docker is a company and a suite of tools designed for managing containers, which are lightweight modular components that can be deployed and scaled using sophisticated orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

To a five year old, I would say that it's a tool for making developer's lives more consistent and reliable...after they get through the learning curve. :)

Uh...neither of these explanations good. It's tough to ELI5 without saying the words "container" or "orchestration", which are their own beasts.

Good luck!

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Jysan Aziz

Thanks a lot.