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appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

That's the plan lol. There is too much friction setting up existing solutions.

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

I don't understand what you mean? Can you clarify?

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

Windows support is a work in progress. I haven't tested using VNC yet but it should be possible.

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

Because those have different directions than microsandbox and you've already mentioned one. I want easy secure sandboxes for AI builders. IMHO, microsandbox is easier to get started with.

That said I don't think either KataContainer or Cloud Hypervisor has first-class support for macOS.

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

Thank you!

> Can we build our own python sandbox using the sandboxfile spec?

Yes and I plan to make that work with the SDK.

PS: Multi-stage build is WIP.

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

> How is it so fast? Is it making any trade offs vs a traditional VM? Is there potential the VM isolation is compromised?

It is a lighweight VM and uses the same technology as Firecracker

> Can I run a GUI inside of it?

It is planned but not yet implemented. But it is absolutely possible.

> Do you think of this as a new Vagrant?

I would consider Docker for VMs instead. In a similar way, it focuses on dev ops type use case like deplying apps, etc.

> How do I get data in/out?

There is an SDK and server that help does that and file streaming is planned. But right now, you can execute commands in the VM and get the result back via the server

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

Yes. Self-hosting and using it on your own backend infra is the main use-case. And JVM support should just work since it is a Linux machine.

appcypheron Microsandbox: Virtual Machines that feel and perform like containers

Thanks for sharing!

I'm the creator of microsandbox. If there is anything you need to know about the project, let me know.

This project is meant to make creating microvms from your machine as easy as using Docker containers.

Ask me anything.

appcypheron Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web

Thanks to GraalVM. Well, that wasn't always the case and it prompted the need for WASM.

appcypheron Universal Binaries Using WASM

You can use the LLVM toolchain directly if you know your way around it. I believe the GCC folks were working on a wasm target a while ago but I don't know the ETA for that.

If you are looking for an easy setup of LLVM's own wasm-target (which Emscripten will be switching to eventually), try this tool: https://github.com/appcypher/wasabi

appcypheron Obfuscated Tiny C Compiler (2002)

I would like to know how you were able to investigate that.

appcypheron Ask HN: What would your ideal programming language be like?

https://github.com/appcypher/astro

appcypheron Ask HN: What would your ideal programming language be like?

http://cppcast.com/2017/05/bjarne-stroustrup/ A podcast. He mentions it at around 42:00.