Alpine Linux
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ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Alpine Linux is the tiny sports car of Linux distros. A full Alpine Docker image is 5MB compared to Ubuntu's 80MB. It's why Dockerfiles say 'FROM node:20-alpine'. Smaller image = faster CI = happier wallet.
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