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V8 Isolates aren't exactly new (been around for about a decade); I'm sure the good folks at Netlify are up to speed on them. :) Containers were clearly the saf
by itisit 4y ago
V8 Isolates aren't exactly new (been around for about a decade); I'm sure the good folks at Netlify are up to speed on them. :)
Containers were clearly the safer bet when FaaS options hit the scene 6-8 years ago. Now with WASM opening up possibilities, Cloudflare made the smart move to base their edge compute off isolates, given the significantly reduced overhead.
Will be fun to see how the cloud competition responds!
- ascorbic 4y agoI think they meant "I read up on isolates", rather than "You should read up on isolates"! I think you're exactly right though. Isolates are the way forward, and are gradually going to take more and more use cases from node-based functions.
- lagrange77 4y agoRight, that's what i meant.