This talk dives into AWS Lambda’s architecture, explaining how it delivers automatic scalability, resilience, and a pay-as-you-go pricing model. We’ll explore its lifecycle—from provisioning to decommissioning runtime instances—and demonstrate how to customize runtimes or even build your own for specialized needs. Attendees will learn cost-optimization strategies, advanced features like SnapStart (for faster cold starts), and how to balance performance and budget with reserved concurrency and provisioned capacity.

Ideal for developers and architects, this session addresses Lambda’s limitations (e.g., cold starts, timeouts) and practical workarounds. By the end, you’ll understand how to optimize serverless workloads, reduce costs, and leverage Lambda’s full potential.