# Buildpacks - 3 months later

DevFeed: [Buildpacks - 3 months later](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/buildpacks-3-months-later-32275.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://domenicoluciani.com/2023/11/16/buildpacks-3-months-later.html>)

Author: Domenico Luciani

Published: 2023-11-15T23:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Domenico Luciani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/domenico-luciani.md>)

Topics: [Buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/buildpacks.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>)

Tags: [buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildpacks.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [container-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-image.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [dockerfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dockerfiles.md>), [oci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oci.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [optimize](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimize.md>), [use-cases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/use-cases.md>)

## AI overview

The author recounts spending three months on VMware's CNB--Cloud Native Buildpacks--team through the company's Take3 initiative. The article explains that Buildpacks turn source code into OCI-compliant container images, manage dependencies and runtimes, and use separate layers that can be updated independently.

## Source excerpt

Since the beginning of my career in this industry, I've always been fascinated by the open-source world. After so many years of contributing on my own, this year, I finally joined...