"Firecracker provides a rate limiter built into every microVM. This enables optimized sharing of network and storage resources, even across thousands of microVMs."
Probably the most interesting feature.
Probably the most interesting feature.
You get a VM with user space networking and a one button keyboard. This allows the kernel too aggressively swap out unused resources and ultimately increase the total concurrency supported.
This sounds like a hybrid system. The intermediary is cooperative, the client code is oblivious. I’m curioue to see how this plays out over the long haul.
Coding practices change like the seasons. Every year is a little different, maybe a little better than the last, some things feel brand new, but the general patterns hold.