At a recent Containers #101 Meetup, Robert Starmer, founder and CTO of Kumulus Technologies, provided insights into the synergy between container technology and OpenStack, highlighting how containers can be run on OpenStack and used to manage its environment. Additionally, Alex Toombs from Apcera shared an engineer's perspective on integrating with the Docker Registry API, delving into Docker’s image format and registry API while addressing challenges developers face with Docker image pulls. The event encouraged participants to engage with future meetups and explore platforms like Codefresh, which facilitates collaboration on Docker compositions, and Apcera, a secure cloud platform supporting both modern and legacy applications.