# Malte Ubl et al. - Scale to One: How Fluid Solves Cold Starts (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/61937669) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Malte Ubl]], [[Tom Lienard]] **Full Title**:: Scale to One: How Fluid Solves Cold Starts **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #work **URL**:: [vercel.com](https://vercel.com/blog/scale-to-one-how-fluid-solves-cold-starts) **Host**:: [[vercel.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2026-07-08]] **Created**:: [[2026-07-11]] ## Highlights - We always keep at least one function instance running. Instead of scaling to zero, we scale to one. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kx20fw2nwjkd17yqq6gvvncm)) ^1032725087 - [Fluid compute](https://vercel.com/fluid) rethinks the traditional serverless model. Instead of spinning up one instance for every request, each function instance can serve many requests at the same time. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kx20gawrn5cvwdsyvvcm8tpe)) ^1032725096