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What is serverless / AWS Lambda? Event-driven example.

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Model answer

Serverless Lambda

Run function on event—upload to S3, API Gateway HTTP, queue message. Pay per invocation and duration; no server patching.

diagram
S3 upload event → Lambda resize image → write thumbnail bucket
Cold start latency matters for user-facing sync APIs.