Why “microvms” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Docker has an interesting approach lately with their sandboxes which are firewalled, proxied, and file system restricted microVMs (you can bind mount outside) with a docker daem…
by parasubvert · Oct 6, 2026
I tested these last week, and they got me about 90% of the way on two custom test containers (Forgejo and Postgres). I especially like the fact that they are a lot like microVMS…
by davoneus · Oct 5, 2026
Show HN: Smolvm – MicroVMs with CRIU Functionality
by binsquare · Oct 5, 2026 · 1 points
Show HN: Stateful Linux microVMs for coding agents
by mariobm · Oct 4, 2026 · 1 points
I like gvisor but I fear this is too little, too late. Microvms are crushing it right now. I believe even Modal, which is one of the few non-Google users deploying gvisor commer…
by xyzzy_plugh · Oct 4, 2026
The big plus of using microVMs is that a bunch of container limitations fall away. In Linux, over time people have been eliminating the limitations of containers. Chroot, networ…
by spwa4 · Oct 4, 2026
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