Table of contentsThe Setup: from large services to FaaS-like podsProblem 1: Startup times matter nowDrilling in: finding the exact source of CPU timeThe ‘one weird trick’ with require to optimize your pod startups300 milliseconds == a whole lot of cost savingsComing in Part 2: anti-patterns and the exception that proves the ruleI want to tell the story of how we saved 300ms from every pod start up on Checkly, and made every check run more efficient. If you don’t know, Checkly is a synthetic moni...