This is a list of recurring anti-patterns that I see when I help folks with their container build pipelines, and suggestions to avoid them or refactor them into something better.

Many of them are harmless when used separately. But when combined, they can easily compromise your productivity and waste time and resources, as we will see.

It is well known that the productivity of a team does not scale linearly with team size. Going from a team of 5 to a team of 10 does not double the output, despite doubling of the team size. The goal of this post is to answer why that is, using math.