Answer
Unnecessary packages increase image size, attack surface, and build time. Production images should be minimal.
Quick Answer
Every package you install adds to the image size, increases the attack surface, and takes longer to build and pull. A container should do one job. Extra tools (curl, wget, vim) are convenient during dev but become security risks in production — they give an attacker more tools to work with if they break in.
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