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Solomon Hykes

Creator of Docker, which revolutionized software deployment with containerization. Left Docker in 2018 and co-founded Dagger, a programmable CI/CD engine. Maintains low public profile focused on technical work.

Track Record

Solomon Hykes created Docker, revolutionizing software deployment with open source containerization

Mar 20, 2013

Hykes created Docker in 2013, which popularized containerization and fundamentally changed how software is built and deployed. Docker was released as open source and became one of the most influential developer tools of the decade, enabling modern microservices architecture and cloud-native development.

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