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Show HN: Katakate – Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec

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120 points gbxk | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 15:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source

I've built this to make it easy to host your own infra for lightweight VMs at large scale.

Intended for exec of AI-generated code, for CICD runners, or for off-chain AI DApps. Mainly to avoid Docker-in-Docker dangers and mess.

Super easy to use with CLI / Python SDK, friendly to AI engs who usually don't like to mess with VM orchestration and networking too much.

Defense-in-depth philosophy.

Would love to get feedback (and contributors: clear & exciting roadmap!), thx

1. ushakov ◴[21 Oct 25 21:48 UTC] No.45662155[source]▶
what does Katakana add on top of Kata?
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2. gbxk ◴[22 Oct 25 09:14 UTC] No.45666579[source]▶
Katakate is built on top of Kata, and sets up a stack combining Kubernetes (K3s), Kata, Firecracker, and devmapper snapshotter for thin pool provisioning. Combining these tools together is highly non-trivial and can be a headache for many, especially for AI engs who are often more comfortable with Python workflows. The stack gets deployed with an Ansible playbook. It implements a CLI, API and Python SDK to make it super easy to use. A lot of defense in depth settings are also baked-in so that you don't need to understand those systems at a low level to get a secure setup.