5x faster Edge Functions: v8 isolates to Unikraft MicroVMs

kept by eddie oct 06

Netlify rebuilt its Edge Functions on Firecracker MicroVMs with Unikraft, cutting median latency from 25‑40 ms to 5‑6 ms and improving reliability.

celld: self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects
celld is a self‑hosted, distributed implementation of Cloudflare Durable Objects that lets Workers apps run unchanged while storing state in a user‑owned bucket at dramatically lower cost.
also on V8, #cloud-computing, #open-source, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript
JavaScript's Temporal API reached Stage 4 after nine years of collaboration among Bloomberg, Igalia, and TC39, providing immutable datetime types with time zone and calendar support.
also on V8, #open-source, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
The CSS Zen Garden dream, finally shipped
The article announces that a new platform has launched, letting designers swap CSS themes on a shared HTML baseline, finally realizing the CSS Zen Garden vision of seamless design separation.
also on Netlify, #open-source, #developer-tools
I replaced a $120/year micro-SaaS in 20 minutes with LLM-generated code - The Pragmatic Engineer
Author replaced a $120/year micro-SaaS with LLM-generated code in 20 minutes, highlighting risk for static SaaS that offers no ongoing value.
also on Netlify, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
$1 million hacker challenge for Vercel Sandbox - Vercel
Vercel launches a two‑week public HackerOne bounty offering up to $1 million for researchers who can escape its Sandbox microVM isolation.
also on Firecracker, #cloud-computing, #open-source, #developer-tools