AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - Lambda Costs, Promises, and Anti-Patterns

The video tutorial explains AWS Lambda's pricing model, highlighting its generous free tier and pay-as-you-go structure. It covers Lambda's high availability, scalability, and performance guarantees, including automatic retries and caching. The tutorial discusses the 15-minute timeout limit and suggests using EC2 for longer processes. It addresses anti-patterns and workarounds, such as chaining functions for extended processing. The video also clarifies Lambda's limitations for dynamic websites and its stateless nature, recommending DynamoDB or S3 for state management.

What are the benefits of using AWS Lambda in terms of cost?

Explain the maximum timeout limit for AWS Lambda functions and its implications.

What are the anti-patterns associated with using AWS Lambda?

How can you manage state in AWS Lambda if it is stateless?

Discuss the limitations of using AWS Lambda for dynamic website generation.