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Containers From Scratch • Liz Rice • GOTO 2018

Liz Rice live-codes a minimal container runtime in a few lines of Go at GOTO Amsterdam 2018. She explains namespaces, control groups and what a host knows about its containers.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN considers it one of the best talks for understanding how containers work from the ground up.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
GOTO Conferences
Topic
linux containers
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
6
HN mentions in dataset
7
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Indeed a bit of an odd request, but I'm partial to Liz Rice's "Containers from Scratch" talk. Probably one of the most enlightening presentations I've seen in recent years, full-stop. [0] [VIDEO]

    smoldesu on Hacker News · 2022-05
    In Ask HN: Best educational courses/MOOCs/videos/blogs/books taught by a Female?
  • 1. Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? - James Mickens [LINK] 2. James Mickens on JavaScript - James Mickens [LINK] 3. Creating containers From Scratch - Liz Rice [VIDEO] 4. 2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing - …

    komuW on Hacker News · 2018-10
    In Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've heard?
  • Liz Rice has done some awesome on-stage live coding, including a very small container runtime in go. [VIDEO]

    sascha_sl on Hacker News · 2020-02
    In Linux containers in 500 lines of code (2016)

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