AWS Lambda

Serverless framework seems nice. Netlify Edge Functions seem cheaper/better.

Notes

• I just reduced latency by ~ 10x by bumping memory from default to ~1GB. w/ provisioned concurrency brought the request time down to around 30ms w DDB

Links

• Writing AWS Lambda Functions in Rust (Article)
• sqs-lambda - Rust crate for writing AWS Lambdas that are triggered by SQS.
• WTF is AWS Lambda course (2020)
• Create an AWS Lambda function from scratch (2020)
• AWSome Lambda Layers
• 5 reasons why you might use AWS Lambda for your next project (2020)
• AWS SAM Local - Allows you to run your serverless application locally for quick development and testing.
• python-lambda-layer-builder - Build tool for creating optimized Python AWS Lambda layers.
• Working with AWS Lambda and Chalice (2020)
• Notes on AWS Lambda (2020)
• AWS Lambda for Go - Libraries, samples and tools to help Go developers develop AWS Lambda functions.
• Apollo AWS Lambda with GraphQL subscriptions
• Lambda Powertools - Suite of utilities for AWS Lambda Functions that makes tracing with AWS X-Ray, structured logging and creating custom metrics asynchronously easier.
• Bash in AWS Lambda
• AWS Lambda Go Api Proxy - Makes it easy to run Golang APIs written with frameworks such as Gin with AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway.
• AWS Lambda Power Tuning - AWS Step Functions state machine that helps you optimize your Lambda functions in a data-driven way.
• Swift AWS Lambda Runtime (HN)
• A Shared File System for Your Lambda Functions (2020) (HN)
• Chalice - Framework for writing serverless apps in python. It allows you to quickly create and deploy applications that use AWS Lambda.
• Chaos Lambda - Serverless chaos monkey for AWS (runs on AWS Lambda).
• AWS CDK Made Simple: Run a Lambda function locally (2020)
• Building Your First Serverless Service With AWS Lambda Functions (2020)
• Introducing Direct Lambda Resolvers: AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs without VTL
• Cache AWS Lambda responses with Cloudflare (2020)
• Debugging AWS Lambda Timeouts (2020)
• Show HN: AWS Lambda TypeScript Middleware (Docs) (HN)
• Serverless ML Inference with AWS Lambda + Amazon EFS (2020)
• Lambda calculus and Graham’s number (2012)
• Rust on AWS Lambda Using AWS CDK for Deployment
• The Complete AWS Lambda Handbook for Beginners (2020)
• AWS Lambda Extensions – In preview (2020) (Tweet)
• Building Bad Lambda (2020)
• golambda - AWS Lambda Go functions made easy.
• Determine prominent colors in a picture, your first AWS Lambda in Go (2020)
• Using AWS Lambda to sync an Elastic Load Balancer's Target Groups (2020)
• AWS Lambda Runtime Interface Emulator
• Integration testing for AWS Lambda in Go with Docker-compose (2020)
• Optimizing Lambda Cost with Multi-Threading (2020)
• AWS Lambda Extensions - Collection of sample extensions to help you get started with AWS Lambda Extensions.
• AWS Lambda Python Runtime Interface Client
• aws-lambda-nodejs-esbuild - AWS CDK Construct to build Node.js AWS lambdas using esbuild.
• aws-lambda-deploy - Collection of sample tools to enable canary deployments of AWS Lambda functions.
• Mangum - AWS Lambda & API Gateway support for ASGI.
• AWS Lambda Terraform Cookbook with working examples (HN)
• lambda_decorators - Collection of useful decorators for making AWS Lambda handlers.
• Optimizing Lambda functions packaged as container images (2021)
• AWS Lambda Power tools (Python)
• Rust Runtime for AWS Lambda
• Serverless TypeScript: A Complete Setup for AWS SAM Lambdas (2021)
• cdk-watch - CLI to watch and live-update your CDK Stack's Lambdas.
• re:Web - Enables classic web applications to run on AWS Lambda.
• serverlessish - Run the same Docker images in AWS Lambda and AWS ECS.
• AWS Lambda C++ Runtime - C++ implementation of the lambda runtime API.
• subscriptionless - Library for using GraphQL subscriptions with AWS Lambda.
• Serverless Full-Text Search with AWS Lambda and EFS (2021) (Reddit)
• PR Assigner - Swift AWS Lambda to automatically assign engineers to pull requests with a Slack integration.
• AWS Lambda Developer Guide
• How Lambda work? Cold starts? Firecracker? Container support? (2021)
• Ask HN: Does anyone else find the AWS Lambda developer experience frustrating? (2021)
• Why We Moved From Lambda to ECS (2021)
• AWS Lambda performance optimization (2021)
• Llama - CLI for outsourcing computation to Amazon Lambda.
• AWS Lambda Behind the Scenes (HN)
• Lambda-local - Lets you test NodeJS Amazon Lambda functions on your local machine, by providing a simplistic API and command-line tool.
• Modern Cloud - Browser-based serverless platform that lets developers build functions and endpoints in minutes. (Code)
• FireCracker internals: a deep dive inside the technology powering AWS Lambda (2021)
• Performance monitoring for AWS Lambda (2021)
• Lambda GitHub Runner - Github Action Runner inside of Lambda - A Completely Serverless Solution.
• aws-websocket-handler - Module is created to handle AWS Lambda websocket actions as a one default handler.
• Abusing AWS Lambda to make an Aussie search engine (2021) (HN)
• Learn AWS Lambda - Learn how to use AWS Lambda to easily create infinitely scalable web services.
• An ideal DX for Rust on AWS Lambda? (2021)
• AWS Lambda Cold Start Times (2021) (HN)
• Running Rust on AWS Lambda on ARM64 (2021)
• AWS Lambda runtimes - Canonical list of AWS Lambda runtime identifiers and corresponding CPU architectures.
• Stream, Mutate and Sign Images with AWS Lambda and ECR (2021) (Code)
• lambroll - Minimal deployment tool for AWS Lambda.
• Middy - Simple middleware engine that allows you to simplify your AWS Lambda code when using Node.js.
• Klayers - Python Packages as AWS Lambda Layers.
• lmdrouter - Go HTTP router library for AWS API Gateway-invoked Lambda Functions.
• aws-lambda-image - Automatic image resize/reduce on AWS Lambda.
• API Gateway REST API: Step Functions direct integration – AWS CDK guide (2021)
• Implementing header-based API Gateway versioning with Amazon CloudFront (2021)
• Tips to prevent a serverless wreck (2021)
• Serverless WarmUp Plugin - Keep your lambdas warm during winter.
• Fat Functions are an Anti-Pattern (2021) (Tweet)
• Make the most of AWS Lambda with Go (HN)
• Mantil - Build your AWS Lambda-based Go backends quicker than ever. (Web)
• lambda-web - Run Rust web frameworks on AWS Lambda.
• aws-lambda-decorators - Set of Python decorators to simplify AWS lambda development.
• Serverless - AWS Node.js Typescript
• AWS Lambda Powertools TypeScript - Suite of TypeScript utilities for AWS Lambda functions to ease adopting best practices such as tracing, structured logging, custom metrics, and more.
• Lambda-less outbound HTTP requests on AWS serverless (2022)
• AWS Lambda TS Example
• 101 AWS Lambda tutorial for Go developers (2022) (HN) (Reddit)
• chrome-aws-lambda - Chromium Binary for AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions.
• Prisma + Lambda + CDK Sample - Build and deploy a Lambda function with Prisma ORM by AWS Cloud Development Kit.
• AWS Lambda in Action Event-driven serverless applications Book (2016) (Code)
• Jessica Kerr on Observability and Honeycomb's Use of AWS Lambda for Retriever (2022)
• Knative Lambda Runtimes - Running AWS Lambda Functions on Knative/Kubernetes Clusters.
• Optimizing Lambda Performance for Your Serverless Applications (2022)
• Running AWS Lambda Custom Runtime in Knative
• AWS Lambda Adapter - Run web applications on AWS Lambda.
• postinvoke - Run in-process code after your Go-powered Lambda function has returned.
• apig-wsgi - Wrap a WSGI application in an AWS Lambda handler function for running on API Gateway or an ALB.
• Build Serverless APIs with Node.js and AWS Lambda (2022)
• ML Inference in Lambda Functions (2022)
• Running Cross-Account Workflows with AWS Step Functions and Amazon API Gateway (2022) (HN)
• Swift AWS Lambda Events - Designed to make building Lambda functions in Swift simple and safe.
• AWS Lambda Typing - Type hints for AWS Lambda event, context and response objects.
• AWS Lambda Function URLs: Built-In HTTPS Endpoints for Lambda (2022) (HN)
• aws-lambda-events - Rust event types for AWS Lambda.
• Cookiecutter SAM template for Lambda functions in Rust
• Serverless Webpack - Serverless Framework plugin to build your lambda functions with Webpack.
• serverless-layers - Serverless.js plugin that implements AWS Lambda Layers which reduces drastically lambda size, warm-up and deployment time.
• Introducing multi-service deployments via Serverless Framework Compose (2022)
• Automatically Detect Operational Issues in Lambda Functions with Amazon DevOps Guru for Serverless (2022)
• Running Containers on AWS Lambda (2022) (HN)
• Holy Lambda - Extraordinary simple, performant, and extensible custom AWS Lambda runtime for Clojure.
• Best practices for optimizing Lambda functions (2022) (HN)
• Amazon Lambda Rust Library
• Inline Image Previews with Sharp, BlurHash, and Lambda Functions (2022)
• Accumulus - AWS Lambda Monitoring and Visualization Tool.
• LALR - Run lambdas through HTTP locally.
• runtime - Collection of Open Telemetry collectors we use to instrument a variety of computing platforms.
• aws-exec - Adhoc shell execution in aws lambda.
• Lamware - AWS Lambda Middleware Pattern (NodeJS).
• Blambda - Custom runtime for AWS Lambda that lets you write functions using Babashka.
• serverless-http - Use your existing middleware framework (e.g. Express, Koa) in AWS Lambda.
• Deploy Go API to AWS Lambda
• Understanding AWS Lambda scaling and throughput (2022)
• OpenTelemetry Lambda Layers - Provide the OpenTelemetry (OTel) code to export telemetry asynchronously from AWS Lambdas.
• MikroLog - JSON logger you always wanted for Lambda.
• Rust Lambda API template - Template repo for quickly creating an HTTP API with Rust hosted on AWS Lambda.
• Buildkite Agent Scaler - Lambda for scaling an AutoScalingGroup based on Buildkite metrics.