AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by markonen » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 11:13 AM UTC

AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes
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Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by sigfubar » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:48 PM UTC

Now I can run a web server on Lambda by using only ~5 functions per hour! All hail the serverless king!

Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by philliphaydon » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:54 PM UTC

sigfubar wrote: post #2

Now I can run a web server on Lambda by using only ~5 functions per hour! All hail the serverless king!

That’s how Long the lambda runs executes a single invocation for. Not how Long the lambda runs.

Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by stochastician » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 1:05 PM UTC

This is fantastic news for projects like PyWren!

Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by mcphage » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 1:07 PM UTC

sigfubar wrote: post #2

Now I can run a web server on Lambda by using only ~5 functions per hour! All hail the serverless king!

How are you serving multiple HTTP requests within a single invocation?

Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by nnspace » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 1:56 PM UTC

sigfubar wrote: post #2

Now I can run a web server on Lambda by using only ~5 functions per hour! All hail the serverless king!

Also with your sarcasm, you rushed the math. 4*15 = 60

Re: AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes

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Post by sigfubar » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 7:23 PM UTC

nnspace wrote: post #6

sigfubar wrote: post #2

Now I can run a web server on Lambda by using only ~5 functions per hour! All hail the serverless king!

Also with your sarcasm, you rushed the math. 4*15 = 60

The domains of satire and mathematics don't intersect.