We achieved a 6-fold increase in Podman startup speed
<i>> If the backup camera or other sensors were to run as containers, we needed to improve the starting speed significantly.</i><p>I think I see the problem already.  Why does anyone think its a good idea to put everything in an embedded system into a container?  Particularly as everything comes from a single vendor and so the usual argument about <i>"but libraries are too hard!"</i> doesn't apply.