# Portal moves running Python workloads between machines, preserving progress

> Original title: Many people were asking about previous approaches to portable workloads after we launched Portal.

- Source: X search: AI launch posts (introducing, just launched)
- Published: 2026-11-02T21:53:52.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/demfu2honnnharrjhp3igwonu
- Original: https://x.com/eldar_hsnv/status/2117374659209626015

## Summary

Portal, a new infrastructure product, moves running Python workloads between machines while preserving their progress and enabling use of cheaper compute. The underlying principle was recently accepted to the ACM/IFIP Middleware conference. The post is mainly a historical overview of portable computing, from 1970s code portability through process migration and mobile agents, explaining why the approach was built at the application layer.

## Post

Many people were asking about previous approaches to portable workloads after we launched Portal.

Here is a brief overview of the history behind this direction. 

You know, the shoulders-of-giants stuff. https://x.com/i/article/2117055859675283456