> What's a meme is creating a container for any minor thing like npm + some js project. Or to run one Go binary.
You couldn't have picked two more different examples.
Go apps are generally pretty clean statically-linked, native binaries and will be happy to just run from their directory without touching anything else. Containerization is usually unneeded, though if you already have a container ecosystem then they will fit in with no fuss, since the container images are basically glorified tarballs (COPY app/ . RUN foo).
Node.js apps on the other side combine an interpreted language, a messy package management ecosystem, and a fragile and persnickety toolchain that will happily leave dirty stuff in your filesystem and/or your PATH, in order to maximize the risk of dependency-related screwups. Containerization is an absolute godsend for them.
You couldn't have picked two more different examples.
Go apps are generally pretty clean statically-linked, native binaries and will be happy to just run from their directory without touching anything else. Containerization is usually unneeded, though if you already have a container ecosystem then they will fit in with no fuss, since the container images are basically glorified tarballs (COPY app/ . RUN foo).
Node.js apps on the other side combine an interpreted language, a messy package management ecosystem, and a fragile and persnickety toolchain that will happily leave dirty stuff in your filesystem and/or your PATH, in order to maximize the risk of dependency-related screwups. Containerization is an absolute godsend for them.