Docker Rocker

Production-grade Docker automation for Python FastAPI web API projects using multi-stage builds, UV package manager, and performance optimization strategies.

What This Skill Does

• Creates optimized multi-stage Dockerfiles (Builder → Runtime → Testing stages)
• Configures UV package manager for 50-70% faster dependency installation
• Implements layer caching strategies for rapid rebuilds
• Sets up non-root user security configurations
• Generates docker-compose files for development and production
• Optimizes for SQLModel/Neon database connections in containers
• Configures Pydantic settings for container environments

What This Skill Does NOT Do

• Manage Kubernetes deployments (use dedicated k8s skills)
• Handle cloud-specific container registries (AWS ECR, GCR, ACR)
• Configure reverse proxies (Nginx, Traefik)