Escaping Lambda Choreography Hell

I have a theory that there are many choreographed AWS Lambda functions out there in the world doing asynchronous background work that would be better served by a managed central orchestration layer, and that a better developer experience on top of AWS Step Functions would make writing these workflows faster, cheaper and more sustainable than the choreographed version I frequently see. The Choreographed Lambda Workflow First, what do I mean when I describe choreographed AWS Lambda functions, where they might be a good fit, and where there’s likely dragons....

September 27, 2021 · 5 min · Christian Kruse