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Exploring AWS Lambda and LLRT
This chapter delves into AWS Lambda, a serverless compute service by AWS, highlighting its event-driven nature and ability to focus on business logic without managing infrastructure. It discusses LLRT, an experimental JavaScript runtime for Lambda, using QuickJS for efficient operations but facing challenges with Node.js compatibility. The chapter also covers topics like cold starts, pricing structure, advantages of using Rust for Lambda, limitations of Rust, and a comparison between Lambda and EC2 services on AWS.