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AWS Lambda Benchmarking

Xebia

In this blog post, we examine the relative costs of different language runtimes on AWS Lambda. Many languages can be used with AWS Lambda today, so we focus on four interesting ones. Rust just came to AWS Lambda in November 2023 , so probably a lot of folks are wondering whether to try it out.

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Using design patterns in AWS Lambda

Xebia

In this blog post I will go over some reasons why you should be using design patterns in your Lambda functions Getting started To get started with AWS Lambda is quite easy, and this is also the reason why some crucial steps are skipped. Or use a compiled language like golang for your Lambda functions.

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Lambda School lays off 65 employees amid restructuring

TechCrunch

Nearly a year after its last layoff , online coding bootcamp Lambda School just announced more cuts amid a broader restructuring. In a blog post, CEO and founder Austen Allred said that the startup, which raised a $74 million Series C in August, is laying off 65 employees. . “Despite these changes, our mission remains the same.

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Easy lambdas with Netlify

Xebia

Over the past years I've tried working with lambda functions on and off a couple of times. Netlify changes all that by making lambdas easy to use. The post Easy lambdas with Netlify appeared first on Xebia Blog. Each time I got stuck, either clicking in AWS UIs or writing YAML files.

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Fargate vs. Lambda: The Battle of the Future

Dzone - DevOps

Fargate vs. Lambda has recently been a trending topic in the serverless space. Fargate and Lambda are two popular serverless computing options available within the AWS ecosystem. This blog aims to take a deeper look into the Fargate vs. This blog aims to take a deeper look into the Fargate vs. Lambda battle.

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Deploying Ruby AWS Lambda functions with CDK

MagmaLabs

Now, let's run the cdk bootstrap command, and the output should be something like: Creating a New Ruby Lambda Function. Our first step will be to create a new lambda function with a Ruby runtime; we can easily add that to our stack code with the following: Now we need to create the function handler. aws/config file. Thanks for reading.

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TIL that AWS Lambda terminates instances preemptively

Xebia

TL;DR: There’s a lot of articles and blog posts on preventing or shortening cold-starts for AWS Lambda instances. I learned that AWS Lambda forces cold-starts to happen nevertheless by terminating active, running instances every two hours. AWS Lambda is an event-driven, serverless computing platform delivered by Amazon.

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