
ghuntley.com
October 10, 2026
14 min read
57/100
Summary
unikernels were hard. key word: were. Justin Cormack, who worked on MirageOS back in the day, called me at the pub to talk about why unikernels are coming back. The friction that made them hard is gone, the operating system is design debt, and if you care about security you should seriously consider them. Justin Cormack, who worked on MirageOS and Unikernel Systems back in the day, has been notici...