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5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs

229 points · 106 comments · jbott

  1. nchmy · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm having trouble understanding/believing this, given that Cloudflare Workers are also v8 isolates and run vastly faster than the 25-40ms that netlify says their isolates took...
    1. irq-1 · · focus · HN ↗
      > In the past, requests went out to a hosted execution service. Today, they run on MicroVMs inside our own edge network

      The isolates were not being run at the edge.

      1. bobfunk · · focus · HN ↗
        They were running on the edge, and in the same datacenters but by another provider.
        1. ascorbic · · focus · HN ↗
          That provider being Deno
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