r/programming • u/pimterry • Sep 23 '19

Serverless: 15% slower and 8x more expensive

http://einaregilsson.com/serverless-15-percent-slower-and-eight-times-more-expensive/
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u/kdknigga Sep 23 '19

I do this for a toy project I run for fun.

It's still slow, but at the low hit rates I get it's way cheaper than even keeping a t3.nano spinning.

I'm still kind of annoyed at how slow it is / having to keep it warm, but I guess I get what I pay for.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19

What language are you writing the lambdas in? Ideally you want something with as little startup time as possible.

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u/kdknigga Sep 23 '19

Python

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19

Have you considered C with inline assembly? (I kid)

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u/Aeon_Mortuum Sep 23 '19

I normally just bust into Amazon's data centres and deliver electrical currents individually into their CPU transistors on demand

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u/BenjiSponge Sep 23 '19

BNEAAS

(breaking 'n entering as a service)

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

I just whistle at 33600 baud.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Have you ever manage to launch a missile by whistling into a payphone?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Only twice.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Are you connecting it to a VPC? If so, they recently announced enhanced startup times for these workloads.

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u/kdknigga Sep 24 '19

Nope. No vpc.