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Python Dockerfile: How to Build a Smaller, Faster Image
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Python Dockerfile: How to Build a Smaller, Faster Image

A default Python Dockerfile ships the build toolchain you do not need and reinstalls every dependency each time you change one line. This guide fixes both, with a layer-cached build, a multi-stage final image, a non-root user, and the .dockerignore most Python projects are missing.

9/17/2026