I finally got around to automatically publishing new versions of my "unofficial AWS CodeBuild base image" project (and migrating to public ECR instead of Docker Hub).
If you want custom images without the perf penalty, this is probably up your alley.
gallery.ecr.aws/aidansteele/...
gallery.ecr.aws
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