Go and AWS Lambda – a perfect Match
summary
Claims that Go works well on Lambda by compiling small statically linked binaries and using a simple packaging workflow are demonstrated with a real build-and-deploy pipeline that compiles Go, wraps the binary into a Lambda upload, and generates a CloudFormation template generator to provision functions, roles, permissions and custom resources. Examples include a tiny web interface, cold-start measurements, CloudWatch logging/metrics, third‑party DNS integration and automation hooks; the tooling reduces startup time and complexity and the demos show the approach actually running end‑to‑end.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Go and AWS Lambda intro
- 3:09Why Go for serverless
- 8:14Event-driven workflows
- 13:10Go’s simplicity & speed
- 16:29Go’s Lambda support
- 20:55CloudFormation automation
- 25:45Optimizing cold starts
- 29:24Scalable serverless apps
- 32:51Lambda execution details
- 36:05Python vs Go on Lambda
- 40:28Real-world success stories
- 45:27Go on Lambda best practices
- 50:12Future of Go serverless
- 51:05Q&A
