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Author: Shan Kandaswamy
Shan is a Senior Partner Solutions Architect specializing in generative AI at AWS, dedicated to solving complex user challenges. He advocates for innovative AI solutions, distributed architecture, and serverless technologies, helping users harness the power of generative AI in their cloud journey.
Optimizing cold start performance of AWS Lambda using advanced priming strategies with SnapStart
Introduced at re:Invent 2022, SnapStart is a performance optimization that makes it easier to build highly responsive and scalable applications using AWS Lambda. The largest contributor to startup latency (often referred to as cold-start time) is the time spent initializing a function. This post discusses ‘Priming’, a technique to further optimize startup times for AWS Lambda functions built using Java and Spring Boot.