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5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs

229 points · 106 comments · jbott

  1. yencabulator · · focus · HN ↗
    > In the past, requests went out to a hosted execution service. Today, they run on MicroVMs inside our own edge network — roughly 5x faster at the median.

    So, the execution itself might now be slower as far as we know, they just eliminated some networking from the mix? Misleading.

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