lambdaheavy
lambdaheavy is a technical term used within certain programming communities, particularly those focused on functional programming and cloud-native development. It refers to a situation where the overhead of setting up and managing serverless functions, such as AWS Lambda, outweighs the benefits of the serverless model for a particular workload. This can occur due to a variety of factors, including complex deployment pipelines, intricate inter-function communication, or the need for specialized runtime environments.
The "lambda" part of the term directly references AWS Lambda, a prominent serverless compute service. The "heavy"
Common causes of lambdaheavy include cold start latency in frequently idle functions, limitations in managing dependencies