Hacker News: binsquare

New comment by binsquare in "GPU Offload in Rust: Portable, Safe, and Fast"

binsquare — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:31:16 +0000

This might be an relevant read: https://smolmachines.com/engineering/gpu-over-vsock

New comment by binsquare in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:10:22 +0000

I'm aware of them!

Yep - similar in some ways but headed towards different directions.

I am building a virtual machine to simplify/replace container infra. Ex. we run containers inside of linux VM's even in the `cloud`, resulting in managing both the vm, and the containers.

But smol machines is a lightweight, portable VM that you can package into a single portable .smolmachine file to be rehydrated on any platform, kind of like how containers are used for today.

Sandboxing happens to be a feature of virtual machines, so we are alike in being used for sandboxing.

New comment by binsquare in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:34:31 +0000

wonderful, will try to test this in smol machines as well

New comment by binsquare in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:24:18 +0000

maintainer, I would recommend trying out: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm

It has network filtering + placeholders for secrets.

OSS, no logins needed

New comment by binsquare in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:08:39 +0000

It's a batteries included alternative to firecracker with a couple of new ideas tossed into the mix i.e. portable like a container (bake into a single file and rehydrate the vm anywhere), dynamic resource allocation, etc.

New comment by binsquare in "Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:06:52 +0000

i have a mechanism to package a VM into a .smolmachine file that you can rehydrate into a prepared vm akin to a container image.

New comment by binsquare in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:46:47 +0000

I build a OSS lightweight, portable VM for those that don't want lock ins: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm

New comment by binsquare in "Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code"

binsquare — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:41:51 +0000

What VM do you run it in?

as context, I build a light weight portable vm designed for this purpose, so genuinely curious.

New comment by binsquare in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

binsquare — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:12:18 +0000

A lightweight ,portable virtual machine that simplifies/replaces need for containers.

https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm

Microsoft confirms it accidentally installed new OneDrive app on Windows 11 PCs

binsquare — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:40:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/09/microsoft-confirms-it-accidentally-installed-new-onedrive-app-on-windows-11-pcs-and-theres-no-easy-way-to-remove-it-yet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234265

Points: 4

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New comment by binsquare in "The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder"

binsquare — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:36:33 +0000

Condolences, I've also met a few Jim's in Chicago and some even in big tech once money, privilege came.

some opportunities allow people reveal parts of themselves or things they always wanted

New comment by binsquare in "OpenAI just open-sourced Codex Security"

binsquare — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:26:32 +0000

I like to think it just upped the bar, but good durable expertise will need to rise with it.

New comment by binsquare in "Securing Services with Rootless Containers"

binsquare — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:47:32 +0000

Apologies for this.

I introduced a breaking change in order to build out the hosted platform & registry of pre-packed machines.

I updated the newest smolvm to have a recommendation to repack to fix it.

Forgive me, hope you can try smolvm again. It's improving. :'(

New comment by binsquare in "Securing Services with Rootless Containers"

binsquare — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:43:01 +0000

I'm all ears, would love to improve smolvm into the right solution for this.

New comment by binsquare in "MAI-Cyber 1"

binsquare — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:04:03 +0000

And we can have the model read and train on it too, completing the loop!

New comment by binsquare in "Show HN: Pilot Protocol – a network where AI agents find tools and each other"

binsquare — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:44:55 +0000

the agentic economy is real and it's coming

New comment by binsquare in "Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone"

binsquare — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:44:16 +0000

it's incredibly repairable. I still use the t480 for modern workloads because I've been able to switch out the battery, the fan, the keyboard with fairly abundant aftermarket parts.

New comment by binsquare in "Claude Opus 5"

binsquare — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:55:32 +0000

given that i couldn't even use fable without it downgrading to Opus, this is just a straight upgrade for me

New comment by binsquare in "Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide"

binsquare — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:17:37 +0000

I also have a light weight cross platform virtual machine with egress filtering if you're looking for an even more batteries included approach.

https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm

New comment by binsquare in "Smol Machines: Kubernetes-in-a-Microvm"

binsquare — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:25:21 +0000

Yes, been a lot of heads down technical work since.

Hope I can share some interesting things I've worked on and hopefully useful to others