[EvanPlaice]

There are a bunch. NodeOS and runtime.js are the ones I've looked into because I like JS but there are unikernel implementations.

The cool part is, if the OS is trimmed down enough (ex < 10mb) it's small enough to fit in version control.

Much like we automate build tools to concatenate/minify web assets, it'll be possible to create a build step that takes a webapp as input and spits out a fully functional VM ready to deploy as output.

It completely inverts the deployment process. Instead of building an environment and deploying an app to it, you focus on building the app and deploy it as a VM when it's ready.

[div0]

Very true. It changes the perspective a little bit: Instead of worrying about incompatible/incomplete libraries/packages. The application dictates everything all the way down to the VM level, and in a single language.

[EvanPlaice]

> The application dictates everything all the way down to the VM level, and in a single language.

As much as physically possible, yes.