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by afandian 1518 days ago
Thanks! I wasn't planning it, but can't hurt to ask.

When I looked the Lambda API looked uncomplicated to implement (I saw an example somewhere) and it felt like you could just write a few controllers and gain the ability to run a subset of functionality in Lambda, especially if your app could be kept warm.

(to your cron comment, I thought that the reserved capacity would mean the container would be forcibly kept warm?)

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Provisioned concurrency is nice, but can get pricey, especially in an autoscaling scenario. It moves you from a pay-per-usage situation to hourly fee + usage model. I would wait until your requirements show you absolutely need it. For most use cases, you will either have enough traffic to keep the lambda warm, or can incur the cost of the cold start. Warming functions did the trick for us. If you think about it provisioned concurrency is paying for managed warmers.