05When is serverless the wrong choice? Talk me through cold starts and what they actually cost.▼mediumNewAmazonMicrosoftAtlassian2 repliesunlockedMost candidates can sell serverless. The question asks you to argue against it, which needs a real understanding of the execution model rather than the marketing.Open full answer →
19One event fans out to ten thousand Lambda invocations and the payments API behind them falls over. What is going on?▼hard★ EssentialNewAmazon & AWSStripeAtlassian○ sign inRapid function scaling can overwhelm a shared dependency. Concurrency limits, reserved capacity and queue buffering are the containment toolkit.Open full answer →
12Where does serverless pricing actually bite, and when do functions beat VMs on cost?▼easyNewAmazon & AWSStripeRazorpay○ sign inPay-per-use sounds free until the invoice arrives. The candidates who impress decompose the bill into invocations, gigabyte-seconds and the lines nobody models, then locate the honest crossover.Open full answer →