Not to be pedantic, but the definition of "idempotency" is incorrect

robinnewhouse

In "The Value of Replicable, Reproducible, and Reliable Models / Containerization and Security," the course calls reproducible builds “idempotent,” but that’s not right.

Determinism/reproducibility: same inputs → same outputs (e.g., two identical container builds produce the same image hash).

Idempotency: repeating an operation has the same effect as doing it once (e.g., hitting “cancel order” multiple times leaves the order canceled).

The correct term here should be “deterministic” or “reproducible,” not “idempotent.”