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[Proposed Post]: What are containers?

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Description

Proposed topic title:

What are containers?

Topic description:

A high-level introduction to containers, how they differ from Virtual Machines and why they're used in development environments and prod

Link to existing draft:

Some crutchcorn ramblings here: https://gist.github.com/crutchcorn/86c997ed3482fac8558bb14db74e954b

Part of series:

Virtualization 101 (Proposed Title)

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing draft at the linked gist and compare it with the proposed “Virtualization 101” series context. The finished post should introduce containers at a high level, explain how they differ from virtual machines, and cover their use in development and production environments.

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Assessment

Domain
content, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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