PHP hardened (distroless) images

That’s a good point, maybe I’ll change that at some point. The reason, haven’t done so yet is that I wanna have the whole supply chain under my control. And know exactly what has been changed since a release.

Why build your own images at all?

Because of different reasons:

• Flexibility: I can modify a container to my needs.
• Trust: I don’t wanna rely on something that I don’t have under control. An image might contain some breaking changes in the next version, and that could cause me problems when I apply them.
• Learning: By doing everything myself I learn about how to do it.