Tiny bytes 001: docker asserts

· The Smidt Blog · June 30, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Summary
This post introduces 'Tiny Bytes', a series of short blog entries focused on useful small ideas for developers. The author discusses how to improve Docker builds by using assertions to catch packaging bugs early in the process, ensuring that symlinks and dependencies are correctly set before deployment. This approach can help prevent runtime issues and serves to document the assumptions made during the Docker image creation process.
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