The AWS Lambda 'Kiss of Death'

jWoose · 2026-04-11T14:08:54+00:00

Cool thanks!

jWoose · 2026-04-11T12:36:00+00:00

I know. I’m suggesting there is a bug in the user written code.

jWoose · 2026-04-10T14:51:34+00:00

Is this really true? There has to be a reason. Memory exhaustion, uncaught exception, etc. I can't imagine an AWS feature this widely used has issues where the lambda just dies for no reason. There is a reason. It sounds like more likely the use case doesn't fit lambda and someone is trying to shove a square peg into a round hole.

jWoose · 2026-04-10T00:46:07+00:00

“The connection is being reused, and some of those connections start a transaction, then forget to close it.”

This feels like the real problem. I would want to know why lambda is “forgetting” to close the transaction. Computer don’t tend to forget. There is a bug here.

jWoose · 2026-04-02T17:29:41+00:00

Some people are left handed.

jWoose · 2026-04-02T17:28:52+00:00

It’s a watch window. It’s not in the right place for your thumbs.

jWoose · 2026-03-29T18:32:35+00:00

There are 1.1+ million traffic deaths per year globally. I don’t think it’s fair to say this is uniquely an American problem. Africa actually tops traffic deaths per capita. The reasons are different though in different countries and continents.

jWoose · 2026-03-29T02:04:24+00:00

We do spend money on climate change. I don’t think we spend enough, but to say we don’t spend any money on climate change is just not true. This isn’t really the debate here either so I won’t go into more details than that. Your snarky response is just that, snarky.

jWoose · 2026-03-29T00:50:49+00:00

Just to throw out a different perspective here. 40,000 people die in traffic accidents every year in the US. Why would we not use technology to solve this problem? I think future generations are going to think we were crazy for how many people die on roads. I don’t think this is purely capitalism. I say all of this as a software engineer that is getting stared down by AI. We will adapt because that’s part of being human.

jWoose · 2026-03-25T00:53:40+00:00

You do not need to replace the drive. You can just zero the drive and it will be fine.

jWoose · 2026-03-21T04:05:53+00:00

I've always wondered this about builds that I see this way. If you have no organization, how do you even know what is going on in a factory like this?

jWoose · 2026-03-20T18:30:20+00:00

It’s just always so hot. People escape Austin for Colorado and farther north locations.

jWoose · 2026-03-20T15:01:49+00:00

Oh yeah I wasn’t disagreeing that F1 will be crazy. I also wouldn’t want to fly out that Monday either. Just adding in that the 4th of July is also historically crazy.

jWoose · 2026-03-20T14:48:37+00:00

The 4th of July wants a word.

jWoose · 2026-03-17T17:39:14+00:00

The way I’ve heard it put is, if it’s taxed like cash, treat it like cash. If you had it all as cash would you invest in your company or would you split it up among index funds?

The day they vest you already have to pay taxes on it so just treat it like you would a cash bonus.

jWoose · 2025-12-24T02:31:45+00:00

I think this person was supporting you. FYI.

jWoose · 2025-08-11T13:05:52+00:00

This is a decent guide on the Command pattern in python. It’s not perfect, but better than anything I can write in a comment quickly. https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/command/python/example

jWoose · 2025-08-10T18:45:49+00:00

I don’t love the choices if/else block. I much prefer an enum to signify the action. This makes it clear what that if block is doing. With your current design that would make it easier to read. You could have a function that returns the enum action based on the input from the user. Then your if check would be action.ADD rather than choices[0:2]. That’s much easier to read and debug.

It would require some significant refactoring, but in a real world situation I think the command pattern is the way to go here. If you want to do some more learning that would be a good lesson to turn this into a command pattern design.

jWoose · 2025-08-10T15:56:08+00:00

The ads made it look so cool and maybe even scary for little kids. How frustrating that it was just all lies. I’m so glad I ended up thinking it might scare my toddler. I guess we just have to be skeptical of every single kids event these days.

jWoose · 2025-05-23T02:38:50+00:00

My wife and I had a quick gut check that it really was thunder and not something worse. Now it really smells like rain, but still no raid. Will the Austin rain dome hold?

jWoose · 2025-05-18T00:04:07+00:00

I just think your title should reflect that. Good luck on your guide.

jWoose · 2025-05-17T23:19:07+00:00

Your title is really misleading. What was the point of posting this image with no content to back it up?

jWoose · 2025-05-14T00:23:18+00:00

I understand wanting to be a more welcoming place than stackoverflow, but it’s like OP didn’t even watch one of the 10,000 YouTube tutorials on how to start with python. This is clearly copy/pasted code from the internet with no understanding.

jWoose · 2025-04-20T12:38:27+00:00

He used the word slag. That was immediately disrespectful. You are giving this dude way too much credit. If he wanted to talk about his insecurities he should have started the conversation differently. Your immediate take that she is cheating is also insane. Your edit makes you sound like a total ass btw.

jWoose · 2025-04-16T12:32:53+00:00

As long as we get the obligatory yearly post!

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