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Im surprised we haven't bit the bullet and just jumped to unikernels and OS as a library yet. It removes a whole layer we just don't need.
by jkbbwr 5y ago
Im surprised we haven't bit the bullet and just jumped to unikernels and OS as a library yet. It removes a whole layer we just don't need.
- jdmoreira 5y agoagree. I don’t understand why we are not there yet. I'm mostly an app developer but sometimes I ask a backender "are we unikernel yet?" And they just look at me like I'm speaking alien to them.
- lonjil 5y agoBecause then you'd need to make literally everything you use support the unikernel. Containers, and VMs running Linux, are nice because everything already works on Linux. Also, I don't see what you would actually gain. Like what layer is actually being removed here?
- jdmoreira 5y agoThe userland. It’s mostly bloatware in the age of containers