this is really cool if it works for your use cases. Some notes from the post > I... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

tuananh on March 14, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: TinyKVM: Fast sandbox that runs on top of Varnish

this is really cool if it works for your use cases.

Some notes from the post

> I found that TinyKVM ran at 99.7% native speed

> As long as they are static and don’t need file or network access, they might just run out-of-the box.

> The TinyKVM guest has a tiny kernel which cannot be modified

jedisct1 on March 14, 2025 [–]

And unlike WebAssembly, it can leverage specialized CPU instructions. This is huge for cryptographic implementations, video codecs, LLMs, etc.

yencabulator on March 15, 2025 | [–]

Cranelift, V8, et al can use e.g. SIMD operations just fine.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact