Why “VMS” is being discussed
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VMs are demonstrably not infallible, but that's not quite the issue here. If you only ever run your banking app inside a VM with an encrypted disk volume, and don't browse sketc…
by antonvs · Oct 31, 2026
I do it like this, but on one computer, using QEMU. I have 3 different VMs for - development & AI tools - infra rollouts - banking / other sensitive services I have Steam D…
by darkwi11ow · Oct 31, 2026
You can use VMs and reset after use
by qaq · Oct 31, 2026
I’ve been spinning up VMs or Docker containers for development. Run the harness inside the VM or container. Note I do this on Mac so the Docker containers are actually in a VM,…
by Aurornis · Oct 31, 2026
Try QubesOS if you want this, you can have a separate VM for each isolated use-case. The OS itself is a lightweight hypervisor around the VMs (called "Qubes").
by cyberclimb · Oct 31, 2026
VMs would work pretty well.
by mr_00ff00 · Oct 31, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "vms" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "vms" over time.
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