AWS Lambda SnapStart: Dramatically reduce cold starts for your Java functions

Melina Schweizer - Amazon Web Services / Kevin Azijn - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

In this session, learn about a recent feature added to AWS Lambda which dramatically increases performance for Spring applications running on this serverless platform. With new innovations, AWS SnapStart makes your Java-based function cold starts up to 10x faster, typically with no changes to your function code. You will learn how to enable and use the feature, as well as some tips and tricks to initialize your Java applications running on AWS Lambda faster.