Containers that build fast and run small.
Multi-stage Dockerfiles, docker-compose for a local dev loop people don't dread, BuildKit and layer caching that take CI builds from minutes to seconds, and image scanning on minimal base images. The kind of setup where a build is something you stop noticing.
A 15-minute build is a tax you pay on every push.
Most slow, bloated Docker setups grew by accretion — a layer added here, a dependency reinstalled there, a base image nobody chose on purpose. The result is a build that reinstalls the world on every commit, an image that ships its own compilers, and a local dev loop people quietly avoid. We rebuild it deliberately: multi-stage Dockerfiles that keep build tools out of what you ship, layer and BuildKit caching so unchanged work is reused, a compose setup that makes local dev quick, and scanning on a minimal base. The goal isn't a clever Dockerfile. It's a build nobody has to wait for.
Every push shouldn't cost you a coffee break.
Each familiar symptom has the same answer — a build done deliberately.
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Builds take fifteen minutes a push
Layer and BuildKit caching so only what changed gets rebuilt.
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Images are hundreds of megabytes
Multi-stage builds on a minimal base — runtime only, no build tools.
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Local dev with Docker is painful
A compose setup with hot reload that comes up in one command.
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Nobody knows what's in the image
A scanned, minimal base with a Dockerfile that's actually readable.
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Dev works but prod breaks
The same image everywhere, differing only by injected config.
Everything a fast, lean build needs.
Tuned for the stack you actually run — not a generic template dropped in.
Multi-stage Dockerfiles
Build tools stay in an early stage; the final image carries only your app and its runtime.
Compose for local dev
Your whole stack up in one command, with hot reload and source mounted as volumes.
BuildKit & cache tuning
Layers ordered and cached so CI reuses earlier work instead of rebuilding the world.
Minimal base images
Distroless or Alpine where it fits — smaller pulls, faster deploys, less to attack.
Image security scanning
Every image checked for known CVEs before it ships, with the policy you set.
Documentation
How the images are built, how to add a service, how caching and scanning are wired.
From source to a scanned image, the same way every time.
- Build01
- Cache02
- Scan03
- Compose04
- Ship05
Every build runs the same path — staged so build tools stay out of the result, cached so unchanged layers are reused, scanned for known vulnerabilities, shaped the same as your compose dev image, and shipped lean.
Build tools stay out of what you ship.
We split building from running. An early stage installs everything needed to compile or bundle your app; a clean final stage copies in only the finished artifact and the runtime to serve it. No compilers, no dev dependencies, no caches ride along — so the image is smaller, faster to pull, and has far less to attack.
- Build stage and runtime stage, cleanly separated
- Final image carries app and runtime only
- No dev dependencies or build caches shipped
- One readable Dockerfile, not a maze
A local loop people don't dread.
When local dev is slow, every developer pays for it every day. We build a docker-compose setup that brings the whole stack up in one command, mounts your source as volumes, and wires hot reload so changes show without rebuilding. Clone the repo, run one command, and the full app — database, services, the lot — is running in minutes.
- The whole stack up with one command
- Hot reload — no rebuild to see a change
- Source mounted as volumes
- Dev built from the same image as prod
From fifteen minutes to seconds.
Slow builds reinstall the world on every push because layers are ordered badly and nothing is cached. We put dependencies before your code so editing a file doesn't invalidate them, turn on BuildKit, and add a registry or runner cache so even a fresh CI runner reuses earlier work — running independent stages in parallel where they apply.
- Layers ordered so deps cache cleanly
- BuildKit enabled for faster builds
- Registry / runner cache reused in CI
- Parallel stages where they fit
Scanned images, minimal surface.
A smaller image is also a safer one. We move to a minimal base — distroless or Alpine where it fits — run the app as a non-root user, and add image scanning to the build so every image is checked for known CVEs before it ships. Where it helps, we generate an SBOM so you know exactly what's inside.
- Minimal base — distroless / Alpine
- Image scan gates the build (Trivy / Grype)
- Runs as a non-root user
- SBOM so you know what's inside
Fast builds, built deliberately.
Map what you build
We review your Dockerfiles, images, compose setup, and CI — and time the builds that hurt most.
Restructure the Dockerfiles
Multi-stage builds on a minimal base, with layers ordered so caching actually works.
Fix the local loop
A docker-compose setup with hot reload and volumes that comes up in one command.
Speed up CI
BuildKit, a registry or runner cache, and parallel stages so builds reuse earlier work.
Scan & hand off
Image scanning wired into the build, a non-root minimal base, docs, and a setup your team owns.
The build has become the slowest part of shipping.
Your builds take 15 minutes
Every push reinstalls the world because nothing caches — so the build is a tax on shipping.
Local dev with Docker is painful
Spinning up the stack takes an afternoon and the loop is slow enough that people avoid it.
Image sizes are bloated
Hundreds of megabytes shipping compilers and dev dependencies that production never calls.
Proven container tools, used with restraint.
The things teams ask first.
Make the build the fast part.
Tell us where your Docker setup hurts — the slow build, the painful local loop, the bloated image. We'll restructure the Dockerfiles, fix the dev experience, tune the caching, and scan what ships, so a build stops being something you wait for.