Bake a Docker Cake

Delivered at PlatformCon 2025, this session introduced Docker as a broader developer platform for builds, debugging, security, supply chain metadata, and local AI workflows.

The talk walked through 10 practical Docker commands and workflows:

1. docker bake / docker buildx bake for repeatable complex builds.
2. docker init for generating Docker starter files.
3. Ask Gordon / docker ai for Docker help from the CLI and MCP-enabled assistants.
4. docker scout for vulnerability scanning and remediation guidance.
5. docker debug for sidecar-based container troubleshooting.
6. docker sbom for generating Software Bills of Materials.
7. Build-time SBOM attestations with Buildx and --sbom=true.
8. Signing Docker images with cosign.
9. Signing SBOM attestations with cosign.
10. docker model runner / docker model run for local LLM execution.