3 ways you (might be) doing containers wrong

Authentik is an open-source identity provider that aims to consolidate identity needs by replacing platforms like Okta, Keycloak, and Ping, and is developed by Authentik Security, a public benefit company. The text discusses the importance of proper container deployment practices to ensure ease of use and scalability, focusing on the separation of services into individual containers according to the Single Responsibility Principle. This setup allows for horizontal scaling and better management, particularly when using container orchestrators like Kubernetes or Docker Compose. It also highlights common mistakes such as installing dependencies at runtime, using the :latest tag for Docker images, and writing logs to files instead of standard output, which can lead to inefficiencies and challenges in management and scalability. The text advocates for practices like pinning dependencies to specific versions using GitOps and logging to standard output, thereby promoting better infrastructure management and flexibility for future changes.

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