intermediate~2.5h

AWS Lambda & Serverless

Running code without managing any servers at all — Lambda's execution model, triggers, and when serverless beats EC2.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Explain what 'serverless' actually means (servers still exist — you just don't manage them)
  • Explain Lambda's pricing model and how it differs from EC2's
  • Name at least 4 common Lambda trigger sources
  • Explain cold starts and when they matter

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ec2-fundamentalsauto-scaling-load-balancingaws-well-architected-framework