Lambda architecture patterns

In this section, we will be looking at some of the commonly used Lambda architecture patterns that you can use as blueprints for building your own serverless and event based applications.

  • Serverless microservices: Microservices are designed and developed to be independent and self-sufficient, which is exactly why they are an amazing candidate for running with the help of Lambda. A Lambda function too, in its own is an independent code that can execute for a finite time when triggered by an external source. The only downside here is that, because of the deep granularity, the sheer number of microservices and the corresponding Lambda functions that you will end up with will be really high. Managing that many functions ...

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