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# [Lambda MicroVMs Are Kind of Insane: Tiny Virtual Machines That Boot in Milliseconds and Sleep When You Are Not Looking](https://devops-aws-cloud.hashnode.dev/lambda-microvms-are-kind-of-insane-tiny-virtual-machines-that-boot-in-milliseconds-and-sleep-when-you-are-not-looking?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A beginner friendly guide to the Firecracker powered microVMs behind AWS Lambda, the new suspend and resume superpower, and the big question everyone keeps asking: is this still serverless?

Jun 30 · 12 min read · devops-aws-cloud.hashnode.dev  
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