Serverless Limitations

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Constraints of the serverless model: execution time limits (15 min for Lambda), stateless execution (no local state between invocations), cold start latency, vendor lock-in (proprietary APIs and integrations), limited control over runtime environment, and difficulty with long-running or stateful workloads.

Key Properties

  • Cold Starts (a key performance limitation)
  • Kubernetes (alternative for workloads that do not fit serverless)

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