Unikernels

Unikernels were hard. Key word: were.

Geoffrey Huntley writes up his conversation with Justin Cormack about the unikernel revival: why MirageOS-era unikernels were hard, the operating system as design debt, porting missing libraries with AI agents, Nix machine tests, security trade-offs, and languages designed for agents, with chapter links to the recording.

Blog post · Unikernels · AI Agents · Operating Systems