Lambda invocations are charged in 100ms blocks of execution time. But the cost per 100ms of execution time depends on how much memory you allocate to the function. The higher the memory, the more CPU cycles and network bandwidth, but the higher the cost a[...]

Presently sponsored by Binaris: Binaris is a cloud platform that enables developers to build entire applications out of serverless functions. Binaris is designed from the ground up to be fast and responsive, so you can use serverless functions across mult[...]

Presently sponsored by Thundra: Stop wasting time digging through logs to chase latencies, cold starts, and errors in AWS Lambda. Immediately pinpoint problems in your code and identify critical improvement areas. Free to use, Thundra provides a end-to-en[...]

Tweet AWS announced binary support for API Gateway in late 2016, which opened up the door for you to use more efficient binary formats such as Google’s Protocol Buffers and Apache Thrift. Why? Compared to JSON – which is the bread and butter for APIs buil[...]