khalidx / fast_lambda

A super fast AWS Lambda Function, written with Nim and compiled to a native binary.

fast_lambda

A super fast AWS Lambda Function, written with Nim and compiled to a native binary.

• Single-digit cold-start times, usually < 1ms outside of a VPC
• When inside a VPC, usually starts in under 30ms (with the new AWS VPC networking improvements)

Usage

1. Build

   nimble install -y

2. Package

   nimble package

3. Deploy

   You have two options, automatic or manual.

   automatic

   Deploy with terraform by running the following commands.

   terraform init
   terraform apply

   manual

   Create an AWS Lambda Function with the "custom runtime" option and upload the lambda.zip file.

Thanks

A big shoutout and thanks to the creators of the Nim programming language and the awslambda.nim repository!