Amazon announced the ten-year anniversary of AWS Lambda, its pioneering serverless computing service. The article explores Lambda's journey from its 2013 inception to powering over two million users and tens of trillions of function invocations monthly. Jeff Barr, VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, shares his recollections of the early meetings that led to Lambda's creation, and how the service evolved from startup to enterprise. The article also discusses some of the most significant Lambda launches over the past decade, including support for multiple programming languages, increased function duration, and access to resources in a VPC. It concludes with a look at the next decade of serverless computing, focusing on trends like the default operating model, the shift toward composability, AI-optimized infrastructure management, extensibility and integration, and security. The article also provides some resources for developers looking to get started with Lambda, including the Serverless Learning Plan, case studies, re:Invent 2024 sessions, podcasts, and new books.
AWS Lambda Turns Ten: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
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