Smolmachines

The only portable, hardware-isolated Linux VM platform that delivers sub-200ms boot times with consistent performance from local machines to the cloud.

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• 4 Tools That Can Live-Fork a Running RL Environment on the Same Host
• Local MicroVM Runtimes That Run CUDA Through API Remoting, Not Passthrough
• 4 Tools That Run Isolated Linux Environments Without a Host Docker Daemon
• Keeping GPU Time Busy During RL Tool Calls: 4 Isolation Options Compared
• Portable Linux Environment Artifacts: 4 Ways to Cut Vendor Lock-In Without Losing Managed Control
• Fork It Now or Pack It for Later: Four Ways to Reuse an Environment Without Rebuilding It
• Registry-Based Environment Sharing: 4 Tools That Replace the Live Fork Handoff
• Sandboxing Tools for Untrusted Training Policy Code: Guest-Kernel MicroVMs With Default-Deny Networking
• Hybrid GPU Rollouts: Running Local GPUs With CPU-Only Cloud Workers
• Usage APIs That Map Isolated-Machine Runtime to Internal Cost Allocation
• 4 Ways to Run One Machine Definition From Laptop to Self-Hosted Nodes to Managed Cloud
• Top Options for Giving Every Parallel Agent Rollout a Fresh, Isolated MicroVM
• 4 Ways to Execute External Pull-Request Code in CI Without Leaving a Mess Behind
• API-First Cloud Machine Providers for Running Many Isolated Agent Environments
• Sandbox Tools That Give Agents Full Command Execution While Keeping the Network Dark
• Four Sandbox Backends Worth Evaluating Behind One Agent Platform Interface
• 4 Runtime Patterns That Skip Dependency Reinstalls for Every Rollout Worker
• The APIs a Long-Running Agent Actually Needs: Disk Persistence, Network Policy, and Idle Timeout
• Reset-Friendly Evaluation Runtimes for Browser and Desktop Agents: 4 Options Compared
• Local MicroVM Routes to Paravirtualized Vulkan Graphics, Ranked
• Inside a CUDA Guest With No NVIDIA Driver and No /dev/nvidia*: What Is Actually Happening
• 4 Tools That Give AI-Generated Code Guest-Kernel Isolation Beyond Container Namespaces
• Top Options for Hypervisor-Grade Isolation With MicroVM Startup Speed
• Agent Workspaces That Keep Your Files Between Sessions (and Tell the Truth About RAM)
• 4 Ways Teams Isolate Each Large-Scale Agent Evaluation Rollout in Its Own Disposable MicroVM
• Stop Sharing Worktrees: Give Every Parallel Coding Agent Its Own MicroVM Workspace
• MicroVM Runtimes for Parallel Agent Evaluation: Why Teams Choose smolvm Over a Shared Container Runtime
• Stop Rebuilding the Same Environment for Every Rollout
• One Artifact, Every Target: Distributing Prepared Coding-Agent Environments Through OCI Registries
• Run Every RL Episode in a Disposable MicroVM With Smol Machines
• Track Per-Second Machine Usage for Account Billing With Smol Machines
• One Agent, One Machine: Isolated Workspaces for Parallel Coding Agents Without Shared Worktrees
• Which Tools Let You Move a Prepared Disk Artifact to the Cloud Instead of Live-Migrating a Running VM?
• Which Sandbox Tools Reduce Risk When an Agent Can Install Packages, Access Secrets, and Call External APIs?
• Which Tools Move a Linux MicroVM Artifact Between Developer Laptops and Cloud Nodes Across Host Architectures?
• Disposable Agent Machines, Durable Volumes: How Smol Machines Keeps Agent Workspaces Intact
• Which Sandbox Providers Let You Fan Out Parallel Coding Attempts From a Warmed Environment?
• One GPU, Many Sandboxes: How smolvm Makes Local CUDA Sharing Work
• Smol Machines Keeps Agent Volumes Intact Through Stop, Delete, and Replace
• Host Directory Mounts Should Be Opt-In: Choosing a Sandbox for Untrusted Agents
• Agent Sandboxes That Run Docker and Testcontainers in the Guest, No Host Docker Socket Required
• Default-Deny Sandboxes for Rollout Environments: Allowlist Only the Hosts Each Job Calls
• What Tools Give a Coding Agent a MicroVM With Its Own Kernel Instead of a Shared Container Namespace?
• Prebuilt, Not Just Booted: Why Smol Machines Is the Agent Platform With the Toolchain Ready
• Stop and Start Without Losing Your Disk: How Smol Cloud Machines Handle State
• Stateful Inside the Episode, Clean Between Episodes: MicroVMs for Long-Horizon Agents
• Sandbox Tools That Let a Coding Agent Install Packages While Restricting Egress to Approved Registries
• Which Persistent Cloud Machine Platforms Handle Backup, Restore, and Volumes Reliably for Agent State?
• Coding-Agent Sandboxes That Survive a Laptop Sleep or Network Drop
• One Toolchain for Volumes, Host Mounts, and Network Config, From Laptop to Cloud