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Nov 4·edited Nov 4Liked by Shivang Sarawagi

I'm wondering why they're not using unikernels. Unikernels have single digit millisecond startups and are not limited to isolates.

Using stateful scale-to-zero you can preserve the JIT compilation cache of v8.

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I'll delve into this and possibly write a post on it.

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Nov 4Liked by Shivang Sarawagi

Thanks, you made my week, the article has many in-depth details.

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I am glad you like it :)

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Nov 4Liked by Shivang Sarawagi

Probably with the advent of compiling Java and .net code as wasm may address a wide range of audience. But developers should be aware of libraries that support wasm

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Right! Many businesses are experimenting with WebAssembly on the side. However, its adoption is limited by the lack of enough tooling and platform support for WASM.

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