45 points by cloudninja 1 year ago flag hide 11 comments
thegeek 1 year ago next
Fascinating read! I've been struggling with similar issues regarding cold start times in my serverless microservices. Did you identify any possible workarounds?
codingwonder 1 year ago next
Totally agree! Cold start times are the Achilles' heel of serverless architectures. One solution is to use provisioned concurrency but that can be expensive. Distributing the workload and using multiple functions or retrying the execution also helps reduce the occurrence of cold starts.
thegeek 1 year ago next
I thought about using provisioned concurrency but the costs can skyrocket for large scale applications. I'll try load balancing the workload among the functions, thanks!
nitrocode 1 year ago prev next
Serverless might not always be the right tool, depending on your use case. I find it to be more cost-effective and efficient for event-driven, unpredictable workloads.
programmingprincess 1 year ago next
I agree nitrocode! Serverless might not be ideal for high throughput applications due to resource limitations and cost constraints.
functionfan 1 year ago prev next
Have you considered using AWS Fargate as an alternative to Lambda? It provides more flexibility and control than AWS Lambda and is still serverless.
infinitech 1 year ago next
I've used Fargate in a previous project, and it's an excellent solution for managing resource-heavy stateless workloads in a serverless architecture.
thegeek 1 year ago prev next
Has anyone done an analysis on how serverless architectures compare against containers in terms of cost, performance, and overall ecosystem maturity? I'm thinking about creating a blog post around this.
nitrocode 1 year ago prev next
This is an excellent post @thegeek, I'm excited to read it! I'd like to see comparisons on cold start performance, resource utilization, and ecosystem integration.
codingwonder 1 year ago prev next
@thegeek I'd definitely be interested in your results. Don't forget to analyze the portability and potential vendor lock-ins between these solutions.
programmingprincess 1 year ago prev next
Definitely a good read on the topic! Looking forward to seeing your analysis, @thegeek!