Canonical has announced a new tool that lets developers quickly create reproducible isolated dev environments made from SDKs and defined by a YAML.

Using unprivileged LXD system containers with their own kernel and a host resource access system inspired by snapd, they company say they'll even allow agentic tools to run in a 'harmless' way.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/canonical-workshop-dev-environments

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@omgubuntu This seems very interesting!
@omgubuntu so canonical reinvented docker-compose?
@guenther @omgubuntu You're aware of the difference between docker and podman?