About this episode
In this episode, we discuss best practices for working with AWS Lambda. We cover how Lambda functions work under the hood, including cold starts and warm starts. We then explore different invocation types - synchronous, asynchronous, and event-based. For each, we share tips on performance, cost optimization, and monitoring. Other topics include function structure, logging, instrumentation, and security. Throughout the episode, we aim to provide a solid mental model for serverless development and share our experiences to help you build efficient and robust Lambda applications.
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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
Ep. 110 "110. Why should you use Lambda for Machine Learning?": https://awsbites.com/110-why-should-you-use-lambda-for-machine-learning/
Ep. 108 "How to Solve Lambda Python Cold Starts": https://awsbites.com/108-how-to-solve-lambda-python-cold-starts/
Ep. 104 "Explaining Lambda Runtimes": https://awsbites.com/104-explaining-lambda-runtimes/
Ep. 92 "Decomposing the Monolith Lambda": https://awsbites.com/92-decomposing-the-monolith-lambda/
Ep 64 "How do you write Lambda Functions in Rust?": https://awsbites.com/64-how-do-you-write-lambda-functions-in-rust/
Ep 65 "Solving SQS and Lambda concurrency problems": https://awsbites.com/65-solving-sqs-and-lambda-concurrency-problems/
Ep 10 "Lambda or Fargate for containers?": https://awsbites.com/10-lambda-or-fargate-for-containers/
Ep 4. "What language should you use for Lambda?": https://awsbites.com/4-what-language-should-you-use-for-lambda/
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