> So from that perspective, when I've peeked at firecracker, kata containers, etc, the "small dev dx" isn't quite there yet, or maybe never will get there since the players target other spaces (aws, fly.io, etc). Stuff like a way to share volumes isn't supported, etc. Personally I find Dockers architecture a bit distasteful and Podmans tooling isn't quite there yet (but very close).

This is pretty much me and my homelab. I haven't visited it in a while, but Weave Ignite might be of interest here. https://github.com/weaveworks/ignite