You’ve heard the rumors—Java is “too slow” or “too heavy” for serverless. But what if we told you that modern Java frameworks can deliver near-instant cold starts and rival typical Lambda languages on AWS? In this session, we’ll dispel outdated myths by building a small Quarkus-based Lambda for a real-world scenario, showing how you can keep startup times low and memory costs minimal. We’ll compare performance metrics, walk through native image builds with GraalVM, and show how Java’s new breed of frameworks is turning skeptics into believers. Join us to see how you can harness the power of Quarkus, reduce those dreaded cold starts, and prove that Java is more than ready for the serverless era.