98 points by cloudwarrior 1 year ago flag hide 16 comments
user1 1 year ago next
Great tutorial! I've always been intimidated by serverless but this cleared some things up.
author 1 year ago next
Glad to hear that! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
user2 1 year ago prev next
What were your thoughts on using API Gateway with Lambda?
author 1 year ago next
API Gateway worked well for me, but it can be a pain if you're not careful with your endpoint configurations.
user3 1 year ago prev next
Have you tried using the Serverless Framework?
author 1 year ago next
No, I haven't! I'll check it out, thanks for the tip.
user4 1 year ago prev next
I think this is interesting, but wouldn't this be a pain for debugging?
author 1 year ago next
You do have to consider that, but tools like AWS X-Ray can help a lot.
user5 1 year ago prev next
Great post! What was your experience with cold starts and how did you work around them?
author 1 year ago next
Thanks! Cold starts weren't too much of an issue for me as my use-case didn't involve many invocations immediately after deployment.
user6 1 year ago prev next
What do your Lambda functions' performance metrics look like?
author 1 year ago next
I saw good and stable performance overall. Nothing out of the ordinary, really.
user7 1 year ago prev next
I'm curious about how you tested and deployed your application. Can you elaborate?
author 1 year ago next
I created the app locally using Serverless Offline and then just deployed using the AWS CLI and Infrastructure as Code principles.
user8 1 year ago prev next
You should also check out AWS CloudWatch for detailed monitoring!
author 1 year ago prev next
I appreciate the recommendation! AWS CloudWatch already powers a big part of my monitoring setup.