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Re:Ask HN: What is the safest way to replicate Repl.it like ... by schappim on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:26AM (#27432195)
No I hadn't, I had looked at Amazon's Firecracker (used for Lambda) and some of the early work Shopify has been doing to run untrusted code by using web assembly.[2]

Thank you for the tip on Piston!

  [1] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/firecracker-lightweight-virtualization-for-serverless-computing/
  [2] https://shopify.engineering/shopify-webassembly
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Re:Ask HN: What is the safest way to replicate Repl.it like ... by firefly284 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:38AM (#27433788)
let me know how it works out for you
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Re:Ask HN: What is the safest way to replicate Repl.it like ... by schappim on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:35PM (#27454821)
Hey @firefly284,

Just letting you know that Piston worked great once I worked out how to enable outbound networking (a requirement for my system).

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Piston!

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