AWS Lambda Web Functions

(aws.amazon.com)

16 points | by squiwardStan5 19 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • tkcranny 13 hours ago ago

    Looks pretty interesting. I presume the boom in cloudflare workers and other hosting platforms has been a forcing function to make running a web app more “normal” looking with their lambda offering.

  • hbcondo714 18 hours ago ago

    > a burst of incoming traffic can share warm environments instead of mapping each request to a new one

    But cold starts could still occur, especially in a low-traffic environment where requests come in seldomly?

    • jazzypants 18 hours ago ago

      Yes.

      > Lambda scales down to zero environments when there is no traffic. The next request after that starts a new environment (a cold start).

      https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/web-functions-s...

      • squiwardStan5 17 hours ago ago

        Reads like absolute tail, after idle period will see a coldstart but due to multi-concurrency the subsequent requests as a burst will be amortized and automatic/proactive scale-up should avoid further coldstarts.

  • phi_blankslate 18 hours ago ago

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  • mcdermott 15 hours ago ago

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