AWS Lambda Performance Tuning: How to Reduce Cold Starts

Hey fellow builders! If you've worked with AWS Lambda, you've probably run into cold starts. Yes! those annoying delays when your function spins up after being idle. While AWS is great at handling infrastructure for us, cold starts can slow things down, especially for latency-sensitive apps. So, how do we reduce them? Let's dive in! What is a cold start?

Mar 12, 2025 - 23:29
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AWS Lambda Performance Tuning: How to Reduce Cold Starts

Hey fellow builders! If you've worked with AWS Lambda, you've probably run into cold starts. Yes! those annoying delays when your function spins up after being idle. While AWS is great at handling infrastructure for us, cold starts can slow things down, especially for latency-sensitive apps.

So, how do we reduce them? Let's dive in!

What is a cold start?