@conference {2022:sose:ccc,
	title = {Cargo-Cult Containerization: A Critical View of Containers in Modern Software Development},
	booktitle = {16th International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE 2022)},
	year = {2022},
	month = {August},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	address = {San Francisco, USA},
	abstract = {Software is increasingly developed and deployed using containers. While the concept of a container is conceptually straightforward, there are various issues to be considered while using them, ranging from technical details inside containers to the orchestration of containers that jointly form a meaningful application. In recent years, the use of containers has become so prevalent that developers have a tendency to resort to cargo-cult containerization {\textendash} ritual adherence to the use of containers just because so many others are doing the same thing. In this paper, we study advantages and downsides of containers in modern- day software development. We foresee the use of containers to spread into new areas, including IoT systems and embedded devices. At the same time, we caution against indiscriminate use of containers, since excessive containerization can have adverse impacts on software maintenance and overall complexity of a system architecture.},
	keywords = {containers, software architecture},
	author = {Tommi Mikkonen and Cesare Pautasso and Kari Systa and Antero Taivalsaari}
}
@conference {2021:icwe:liquid-wasm,
	title = {WebAssembly Modules as Lightweight Containers for Liquid IoT Applications},
	booktitle = {21st International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2021)},
	year = {2021},
	month = {May},
	publisher = {Springer},
	organization = {Springer},
	address = {Biarritz, France},
	abstract = {Going all the way to IoT with web technologies  opens up the door to isomorphic IoT system architectures, which deliver flexible deployment and live migration of code between any device in the overall system. In this vision paper, we propose using WebAssembly to implement lightweight containers and deliver the required portability. Our long-term vision is to use the technology to support developers of liquid IoT applications offering seamless, hassle-free use of multiple devices.},
	keywords = {containers, Internet of Things, IoT, Light-weight containers, liquid software, Web of Things, WebAssemly, WoT},
	author = {Niko M{\"a}kitalo and Tommi Mikkonen and Cesare Pautasso and Victor Bankowski and Paulius Daubaris and Risto Mikkola and Oleg Beletski}
}
