Archive - SideKernel

The Agent Is the Adversary

How threat modeling can make us rethink of what the “term” sandbox means, in the era of AI agents

Oct 6 • Dimitrios Prasakis

SideKernel - An Open-Source Alternative to Docker Sandboxes

SideKernel is an open-source microVM sandbox focused on usability for AI coding agents.

Oct 3 • Dimitrios Prasakis

June 2026

SideKernel Is Now Being Built Inside Itself

The SideKernel sandbox boots its own microVM, forwards its own ports, and starts hosting the work that builds it

Jun 14 • Dimitrios Prasakis

AI agents are confused deputies

And agentic "AI security" is just systems security

Jun 3 • Dimitrios Prasakis

I am building SideKernel!

I’m building SideKernel: a usable, local, open-source, microVM-based macOS sandbox for AI coding agents — and I’ll be sharing the progress and lessons…

Jun 1 • Dimitrios Prasakis

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