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Do you also understand that once you have any image built on top of python:3.7 then that 876MB doesn't need to be downloaded again for subsequent images?

> the Tensorflow image is really big

This is kind of meaningless without comparing it to how large Tensorflow is with related dependencies if you just install it centrally?

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Yes, I understand that Docker caches layers. Like I said, if docker system prune is clearing a huge amount of space, it's like a large number of different images and containers that might not share layers. If you're build, running, starting, and stopping containers all day, you might not be terribly careful about exactly what you're doing each time. That's why system prune is so useful.

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