Apr 16, 2021The Other Feature of AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency — Saving MoneyProvisioned concurrency was launched in December 2019 and its primary feature is to enable workloads which require highly consistent latency. It does this by provisioning a configurable amount of AWS Lambda execution environments ready for your function to use at any point. This is different to regular usage where your…AWS3 min readAWS3 min read
Apr 14, 2021Better application logging on AWS LambdaIn this post I will cover what I consider the best practices for producing useful logs when deploying to AWS Lambda. I’ll explain how AWS Lambda Powertools, an Open-source client library, can help do a lot of the heavy lifting for you. …AWS3 min readAWS3 min read
Apr 13, 2021Create custom business metrics for your Lambda functionsBy default AWS Lambda creates a number of default metrics about your function. These include errors, throttles, duration, concurrency and many more. These are all metrics which can be produced about your function without knowing anything about what your function does. When you want to create your own custom metrics…AWS Lambda4 min readAWS Lambda4 min read
Apr 11, 2021AWS Lambda concurrency and why you don’t need a warmerOne of the most common questions I’m asked as an AWS Solutions Architect is how do I avoid AWS Lambda cold starts, and should I use some mechanism for warming Lambda functions. This post is aimed at developers / DevOps engineers new to Lambda. …AWS Lambda3 min readAWS Lambda3 min read
Apr 5, 2021Open-sourcing the AWS Java Runtime Interface ClientAt re:Invent 2020 a new packaging format for AWS Lambda functions was introduced; container images. With this functionality came a number of managed base images that customers can use too. They are patched and maintained by AWS and include functionality to simplify running your functions in a container image. So…AWS Lambda3 min readAWS Lambda3 min read
