[tlals]

In a broad stroke, I think we are seeing a progression of the code and the environment merging together and becoming more compact as a result. Unikernels seem to me to be the natural next step after containers.

I'm not sold on this, but perhaps the next natural step in the progression after unikernels is serverless architectures.

If that is the case, we may never see the widespread use of unikernels. Containers are good enough. The full promise of unikernels has not fully matured. And serverless architectures seem to be gaining some traction. In the end, maybe unikernels just get passed over.

That would be shame for me personally. When I read my first blog post on unikernels, some vague thoughts on the boundary between code and environment snapped into place. Unikernels seemed like the only game in town that made perfect sense thinking from first principles. I have been hankering for an opportunity to fit unikernels into a serious project ever since.