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chrisweeklyyesterday at 3:08 PM1 replyview on HN

But smolvm provides kernel-level isolation. Much closer to firecracker than docker.


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srcreighyesterday at 5:34 PM

If your networking stack and filesystem and who knows what else are exposed to the guest, its not isolation.

It’s better than Docker, but it can’t be compared to Firecracker at all. Firecracker actually minimizes the attack surface whereas smolvm does not