[evrydayhustling]

This is very well put. In particular, there is a very common use case where Lambda-at-edge excels: thin query transformation layers, which both expand the number of use cases where back-and-forth can happen close to the user, and allow centralized services to focus on complex tasks worthy of the long haul.

Use lambda-at-edge to verify the format and size of an image. Ship it to your data center only when it's ready for permanent storage, object recognition AI, etc.