I have published an InfoQ news post about the AWS team's efforts to improve Docker based dev/prod parity for Amazon Linux based workloads:
AWS recently launched a Docker container image for its Amazon Linux operating system, complementing the EC2 specific Amazon Linux AMI with a versatile deployment option for custom cloud and on-premise environments. The image is available through the Amazon EC2 Container Registry (Amazon ECR), and also as an official repository on Docker Hub.
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