# Talked to Ghost's platform team about Docker, slow PR reviews, and Ghost 7.0

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**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/talked-to-ghosts-platform-team-about-docker-slow-pr-reviews-and-ghost-7-0/63889 "2026-10-01T14:43:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/talked-to-ghosts-platform-team-about-docker-slow-pr-reviews-and-ghost-7-0/63889/1 "2026-10-01T14:43:56Z")

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If you self-host Ghost, you’ve probably used Ghost CLI. @acburdine built it many years ago as an open source contributor. In June he joined the Ghost Foundation’s new platform team, and one of his first projects is deprecating it in favour of the official Docker setup.

I had him on the Magic Pages Podcast, and he shared a lot more than I expected: why Docker was chosen to replace Ghost CLI, what it might enable (one-click admin updates 👀), a few sneak peeks at Ghost 7.0, and why some open source contributions sit unreviewed for a while, how AI-built PRs complicate that, and what contributors can do to help.

Sharing it here because I think this episode of our podcast might have the most impact for self-hosters so far:

> **[Meet the engineer behind self-hosted Ghost](https://www.magicpages.co/podcast/episodes/episode-9-austin-burdine/)**
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> Austin Burdine built Ghost CLI as an open source contributor, joined Ghost's platform team ten years later, and one of his first jobs is to retire his creation. Jannis and Austin talk Docker, technical debt, getting a PR reviewed, AI-found security...