mirage is anything but retro; it's an attempt to build an operating system optimised for running network applications by picking out just the pieces you need an

mirage is anything but retro; it's an attempt to build an operating system optimised for running network applications by picking out just the pieces you need and implementing them efficiently and securely. more excitingly (at least to me) it's an os and ecosystem being built from the ground up in ocaml rather than c. also note that in getting her blog up and running this way she has (a) gained some familiarity with mirageos and (b) contributed pieces back to the ecosystem that will let the next person who wants to do the same thing have an easier time of it. linux was similarly impractical when it started out; early adopters who built and contributed valuable tools to it could doubtless have had an easier time finding existing software in an established environment that would let them get their job done quickly. personally, i'm very glad they decided to help linux grow instead.