--- title: Best HelixML posts — February 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted HelixML posts from February 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of/2026/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of/2026/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best HelixML posts — February 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted HelixML posts from February 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of HelixML — February 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-made-docker-builds-193x-faster-from-45-minutes-to-14-seconds-de7etgu0z "How We Made Docker Builds 193x Faster: From 45 Minutes to 14 Seconds") Article HelixML · 28w How We Made Docker Builds 193x Faster: From 45 Minutes to 14 Seconds Helix reduced Docker build times from 45 minutes to 14 seconds (193x faster) for AI coding agents running in isolated desktop containers. The solution involved three layered optimizations: (1) a transparent Docker wrapper that intercepts build commands and skips image loading when the image digest hasn't changed; (2) a shared BuildKit instance with persistent cache across agent sessions, combined with a local Docker registry for layer-level deduplication instead of full tarball transfers; and (3) a 'golden cache' system that snapshots the entire /var/lib/docker directory after a successful build on main, then copies it (via cp -a) into new sessions so they start pre-populated. The wrapper also intercepts docker compose build, which bypasses the CLI and would otherwise miss the optimizations. Warm starts went from 45 minutes to 23 seconds, cold starts from 45 minutes to 14 seconds, and incremental single-layer rebuilds to \~1 second per image. 78 1 [See all HelixML archives](/sources/helixml/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of/2026/02#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of/2026/02","name":"Best HelixML Posts — February 2026","description":"The most upvoted HelixML posts from February 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of/2026/02#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-made-docker-builds-193x-faster-from-45-minutes-to-14-seconds-de7etgu0z","name":"How We Made Docker Builds 193x Faster: From 45 Minutes to 14 Seconds"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"HelixML","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/helixml"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/helixml/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"February 2026"}]}]} ```