[HN Gopher] WebContainer API
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       WebContainer API
        
       Author : mingw__
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-02-14 18:35 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (webcontainers.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (webcontainers.io)
        
       | Spivak wrote:
       | While this is really cool the setup guide feels like _a lot_ of
       | work and headache for an app that 's already running in your
       | browser in step 1.
        
       | brundolf wrote:
       | HN title is a little editorialized, making it sound like a new
       | browser standard. Should be edited imo
       | 
       | The materials themselves also _drip_ with exaggeration and hand-
       | waving, talking about things like  "the _legacy_ cloud VM "
       | (emphasis mine), "unmatched security", "spinning up the entire
       | dev environment in milliseconds"
       | 
       | All of this is aside from the actual technology, which could be
       | cool, I have no idea yet. But it rubbed me the wrong way
        
         | scoopertrooper wrote:
         | They are aiming to develop a standard... of sorts...
         | 
         | https://github.com/stackblitz/webcontainer-core
        
       | ashishbijlani wrote:
       | "This site is blocked due to a security threat that was
       | discovered by the Cisco Umbrella security researchers."
        
       | pcj-github wrote:
       | This looks really cool (I love anything with a filesystem API),
       | but I'm unclear on the role of hosted proxies in this setup.
       | Also, the licensing costs aren't clear.
       | 
       | "WebContainers rely on hosted proxies and server-side
       | acceleration to enable truly instant development environments. By
       | obtaining a WebContainer API license, your business can gain
       | access to higher API rate limits, uptime reliability, and a range
       | of benefits designed to help you maximize the potential of the
       | WebContainer API in your organization."
        
         | brundolf wrote:
         | That's bizarre how the major emphasis is on running things
         | client-side instead of on a hosted VM, but then it still
         | requires a live paid service
        
       | koolala wrote:
       | I hope this kind of thing will be open source or standard one
       | day.
        
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