Building a computer that can pause and resume in milliseconds: Inside the MicroVM architecture behind Managed Agents

From the source: DigitalOcean Blog

An agent starts a test suite, edits a file, calls a model, and waits. Later, it resumes work with the same processes, files, and context. Sometimes it needs to fork that environment and try two approaches at once. These workloads force a tradeoff on conventional infrastructure. Keep a machine running, and idle sessions continue to occupy resources. Destroy it, and the next interaction must…

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