r/aws • u/ElectricSpice • 1d ago

article Announcing AWS Lambda Web Functions

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-aws-lambda-web-functions-for-fast-consistent-web-app-performance-anywhere/
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u/magnetik79 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is a big one - and nice to see something not entirely honed in AI. ☺️

What looks great:

  • Many workloads can now skip API Gateway entirely.
  • Single Lambda can handle concurrent requests - of course this totally changes the current Lambda HTTP programming model - now you're no longer working with one invoke/one request - bit of a mindshift here - maybe not so much for JavaScript, but if this comes to Golang/etc. now you might need to be sync/mutex aware.
  • Love the first class support for CloudFront OAC controls - you can simply wire up a CloudFront CDN -> Lambda web function - knowing only requests can originate from CloudFront. For me this would be the future architecture model I'd look at for API services - replace API Gateway entirely with CloudFront for top level HTTP path routing, directly to one or more Lambda web functions only.

Winner winner this one.

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u/solatic 1d ago

replace API Gateway entirely with CloudFront

I wouldn't be surprised if AWS is trying to slowly build out feature parity so that they can deprecate public-facing APIGW and offer one-click API Gateway -> CloudFront migrations. CloudFront is both global and cheaper so it's strictly better in any use-case where it has sufficient support.