Comment by shykes

8 days ago

This looks excellent, and very fun to play with!

I used this one-liner to run an instance directly from remote source:

  dagger -c 'git https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-images | head | tree | docker-build --dockerfile containers/docker/Dockerfile | up --ports 8501:8501,8080:8080,6080:6080,9222:9222'

Be aware that the initial docker build is quite long... But caching kicks in for subsequent runs.

I look forward to playing with this!

5 comments

shykes

Reply
chatmasta  8 days ago

I just wanna say the Dagger shell syntax is incredibly cool and I look forward to playing with it. I would not complain if you posted such self-promotional comments on any thread where it’s relevant because it goes to show the flexibility of the thing.

I saw your announcement post / many contentious HN comments, but wanted to chime in here with a supportive take, because I think time will reveal this design to be very compelling.

  • shykes  7 days ago

    Thank you, I appreciate that!

    I actually agonized over whether to include this particular one-liner, because of the risk of perceived self-promotion. In the end I decided to include it, because I actually used it, and I found it actually useful for anyone who wants to try Kernel with a one-liner. I made sure to not include a link to my project, to keep my karma in balance :)

    I've been a fan of unikernels for a long time (we acquired the original Unikernel company at Docker), and I have to say applying it to browsers is genius. Now I'm surprised the unikernel community hasn't focused on this application sooner.

    • avsm  7 days ago

      As the mentioned acquiree, I agree :-)

      > I'm surprised the unikernel community hasn't focused on this application sooner.

      There just wasn’t a compelling usecase before agents to need a serverless browser. And Chromium is basically an OS-in-a-box already, and Unikraft has now matured enough to supply the unikernel scaffolding to link it all together (coordinated by Dagger, it seems!)