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In this short article you will learn what does it mean when your Lambda transitions to inactive state and how to deal with it.
You can use our CDK construct @beesolve/lambda-keep-active which invokes your Lambda functions regularly so they won't transition into inactive state.
When people compare things like on-prem vs cloud or vps vs serverless they tend to compare just the initial cost and the running cost. Very few people I've met are fully aware of things like maintenance cost, hardware deprecation, flexibility, scaling and all the hidden costs which you only find out after a few months/years of running your service online.
Each solution has it's fit, you just need to know the distinction. For me it goes like this:
Recently I've been talking to people on various meetups about the Serverless technology and I noticed pattern - lot of people think about serverless as limitation rather than solution to real problems.
I've decided to bust a few myths I've been hearing repeatedly lately regarding the whole Serverless ecosystem. I am going to focus on AWS serverless technologies not serverless technology in general.