[dillondoyle]

Honest question not being sarcastic: if this cold start latency is so important why chose function over elastic beanstalk or other auto-scaling type system?

Answer could help us try something new. We currently use large google app engine 'apps' after failing to get functions to scale quick enough (and hit limits). we have SUPER bursty traffic that needs to scale up to hundreds of instances very fast.

[matteuan]

> if this cold start latency is so important why chose function over elastic beanstalk or other auto-scaling type system? Pricing! It depends on the application, but there are some use-case where Lambda is way cheaper, so if we can also partially solve cold start latency, why not?

[piva00]

Way cheaper given a particular workload and access pattern*, Lambda is not magical and its pricing is tricky to figure out until you have something running.

[inopinatus]

Cold start of an instance is still slower and larger grained.