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SmolBox: reuse prepared state in disposable VMs

Each job needs its own disposable VM. Does it also need to rebuild the same data?

SmolBox 0.1.5 adds execution from approved idle, offline checkpoints on Linux and macOS. This article compares rebuilding a summary table, loading it from a prepared image, and restoring it already in RAM. Includes Elixir code, measured results, and when a prepared image is enough.

https://hfiguera.github.io/smolbox/blog/prepare-once-run-in-a-fresh-vm/