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Writing a Linux Container from Scratch in Go

GopherCon UK · Talk · 23 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Golang UK Conf. 2016 - Liz Rice - What is a container, really? Let's write one in Go from scratch
Why it's here

HN recommends it as an accessible way to remove the magic from Docker and understand how containers work.

What it covers

Liz Rice builds a container from scratch in about 100 lines of Go, showing that a container is not a lightweight VM but a set of Linux kernel features and flags.