Are lambdas one of those tools that everyone uses and no one talks about? I guess I’ve taken them for granted over the years, even though they are incredibly useful. For a lot of my Data Engineering career I didn’t really think about or use AWS lambdas, I just saw them as little annoying flies on the wall, incapable of “real” use in Data Engineering pipelines.
But, I’ve changed my evil ways, and come to love the little buggers. Easy to use, cheap, and no infrastructure to worry about, I mean, they are little jewels in the rough.
I guess now that I look back and reflect, I’m surprised that I don’t see more content produced singing the praises and glories of AWS lambdas, why is the world silent? Those workhorses chug along in the background, millions and millions of times every second.
Today will not be earth-shattering, just a 10,000-foot view of AWS lambdas to inspire you to use them. With a focus on their use in Data Engineering.
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