Clone
Infrastructure
virtual machine monitor
SHOW HN2026
11points
3comments
#2,868of 4,366 in 2026
Top 66%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Performance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Design of optimizing warm state over cold boot fits dev shells
From 1 comment
The part that stands out is that you are optimizing for warm state instead of cold boot. That feels right for dev shells. If the workload is repeated short lived environments,…
steffs on HN
Objections
Comparison table's memory claims against Firecracker are questioned; Firecracker diff snapshots with copy-on-write could share memory
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing! I'm not sure your table under Why Clone is quite correct. 10x 512MB idle VMs should not take 5GB on Firecracker if they are started from snapshots since the…
laurencerowe on HN
Questions
How is template drift handled over time, and can warm templates be patched without losing memory sharing?
From 1 comment
The part that stands out is that you are optimizing for warm state instead of cold boot. That feels right for dev shells. If the workload is repeated short lived environments,…
steffs on HN
Alternatives named
Firecracker
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing! I'm not sure your table under Why Clone is quite correct. 10x 512MB idle VMs should not take 5GB on Firecracker if they are started from snapshots since the…
laurencerowe on HN