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by messh 1 day ago
Just use something like https://shellbox.dev instead of FireCracker inside ec2. Much simpler, boxes are up in a couple of seconds, and it is way cheaper.
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It's not cheaper, slower startup, we lose full control and the environment is not optimized to run Chromium, so we also lose performance
Cheaper by a factor of 2-5 depending on your usage. Read here: https://shellbox.dev/#post-race-to-the-bottom

Startup is fast, less than 2 seconds if you pool connections.

Also, what do you mean by optimized environment for chrome. You can use whatever image you want, use an optimized one if there is such thing