AWS Adds support for nested virtualization

AWS just flipped a switch: its EC2 SDK v1.288.0 adds “nested virtualization,” meaning you can run a virtual machine inside another virtual machine. In plain English: cloud servers can now host mini cloud servers. In us‑west‑2, folks already see the “Nested Virtualization” toggle on new M8id, C8id, and R8id instances. See the release notes. Rolling out gradually in regions now.

Cue the drama. sitole raced in: it’s “really big news” for micro‑VM sandbox tools like E2B, which isolate risky code in tiny, disposable machines. Devs cheered the new power for testing, secure sandboxes, and portable dev environments. Then blibble crashed the party with a dunk: “welcome AWS to 2018!” Translation: cool feature, but painfully late.

Skeptics piled on. gchamonlive tossed shade with “Highly doubt that,” questioning how ready this is on non‑bare‑metal hardware. farklenotabot worried it “Sounds expensive for legacy apps,” imagining nested bills inside nested VMs. Meanwhile bagels deadpanned the release quote like it’s poetry, and the crowd minted a new meme: Cloudception. Love it or side‑eye it, the mood swings between excitement for safer sandboxes and classic cloud cynicism. If AWS’s pricing and performance land right, this unlocks all kinds of lab‑in‑a‑box workflows; if not, expect more eye‑rolls than rejoicing.