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		kjok 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: We Put Chromium on a Unikernel (OSS Apach... How does fast-cold-start help here? What use cases did it enable that were previously not possible with a warm pool of Docker containers?

juecd 3 months ago [–]

The big motivation we had for trying to do this on a unikernel is actually the session pause/resume. The fast cold restart is a nice addition (or put the other way, a super slow restart would prohibit session pause/resume from being useful)

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