Work-in-progress version of the presentation on AWS Lambda - Cold Starts

1. WINTER IS COMING:
DRAGONGLASS TO FIGHT COLD STARTS
Ganesh Samarthyam
ganesh@konfhub.com

2. WHATYOU EXPECT

3. THE REALITY

4. MADE A LAMBDA CALL

5. BIT EXAGGERATED: BUTTRUE!
• Lambdas (depending on how its written) can even
take many seconds to start when called for the
first time!
• Serverless services can also take a lot of time
• When we used Aurora Serverless, it took >30
seconds to start!

6. COLD STARTS IN AURORA

7. COLD STARTS

8. TIME IT FIRST

9. PRE-WARM

10. REDUCE HEAVY INIT CODE

11. KEEP WARM

12. BEST PRACTICES
• TODO

13. IMAGE CREDITS
• https://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thrones-101-kill-white-walkers-dragonglass/
• https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/start/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73V0Y1HL6G8
• https://medium.com/lumigo/web-frameworks-implication-on-serverless-cold-start-18ee5eb6c62a
• http://thomasbyrne.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/30-seconds-on-the-clock-thumbnaail.jpg
• https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/2380489/emoji_emoticon_face_scared_icon
• https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*FsPJcUMwuuYUFlmStxVkzw.png
• https://scribbledartsfromtheheart.com/tag/spring-thaw/
• https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/news/10700782/Ice_Melting_under_Pressure.html