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title: "Comment by Laura Ashaley on \"Containers Are Not Magic: Namespaces From Scratch\" | Hashnode"
description: "Containers aren’t just a “wrapper”—they’re built on real kernel features like namespaces and cgroups that isolate processes and control resources, making them l"
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Comment [Containers Are Not Magic: Namespaces From Scratch](https://hashnode.com/posts/containers-are-not-magic-namespaces-from-scratch/69e3943fee84f66e94a4877b)

[Laura Ashaley](https://hashnode.com/@laura-ashaley)

[Apr 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/containers-are-not-magic-namespaces-from-scratch/69e3943fee84f66e94a4877b/comment/69e642091faed8cd14b9194c)

Containers aren’t just a “wrapper”—they’re built on real kernel features like namespaces and cgroups that isolate processes and control resources, making them lightweight but powerful virtualization at the OS level.

[Vedant](https://hashnode.com/@Vedant228)

[Apr 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/containers-are-not-magic-namespaces-from-scratch/69e3943fee84f66e94a4877b/comment/69e642091faed8cd14b9194c#reply-69e643491faed8cd14ba0a19)

Yes I do agree but the primary intention of putting it in the title is I have seen many developers who never even try to explore how technologies are built under the hood. The mindset is that it is built on some complex code that needs a high level of expertise to understand which is not the case.