That's odd, we've been using Docker for about a year in development and half a year in production (on Google Container engine / Kubernetes) and haven't experienced any of the panics, crashes yet (at least not any we could not attribute as a failure on our end).
Clearly, Docker itself has a a few annoyances, like no garbage collection and poor tagging process, but we're using it on a daily basis, and nobody complains about it (nothing a few bash scripts can't fix).
Finally, the biggest benefits of not just docker but containers in general are consistency and immutability which brings me to the final point I agree with the author: Your database shouldn't be containerized. It's not your pet (from pets vs cattle), it's your BFF.
Clearly, Docker itself has a a few annoyances, like no garbage collection and poor tagging process, but we're using it on a daily basis, and nobody complains about it (nothing a few bash scripts can't fix).
Finally, the biggest benefits of not just docker but containers in general are consistency and immutability which brings me to the final point I agree with the author: Your database shouldn't be containerized. It's not your pet (from pets vs cattle), it's your BFF.