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date:: [[2023-02-23]]
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# [[Prebuilding]]
Prebuilding is similar to caching, but it is more proactive. Instead of waiting for a request to be made for a resource, prebuilding prepares it in anticipation of the request.
## Prebuilding examples
In [[GitHub’s Engineering Team Has Moved to Codespaces the GitHub Blog]], the [[GitHub]] team talks about using prebuilds of their developer workspaces to speed up the process of provisioning:
![[GitHub’s Engineering Team Has Moved to Codespaces the GitHub Blog#^96cc11]]
![[GitHub’s Engineering Team Has Moved to Codespaces the GitHub Blog#^bd59e8]]