# Firecracker: start a VM in less than a second

<https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/01/23/firecracker--start-a-vm-in-less-than-a-second/>

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- Saved: January 27, 2021 (2021-01-28T03:46:55Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

This tech is really interesting and the ability to launch a full virtual machine in a second allows for some really interesting use cases.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT171: Weekly Thing #171 / Earthrise, Firecracker, Rivian](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/171/), Recommended Links

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## Elsewhere

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