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Re:Announcing Go Support for AWS Lambda by chimeracoder on Monday January 15, 2018 @11:31PM (#16155840)
> I'm still wondering why Lambda simply doesn't support Docker containers? Would put an end to all this requests like "Please support $my_favorite_language on Lambda"

Because they can present that as a separate service (Fargate) and bill more for it.

Fargate isn't exactly what you're describing, but it's a close match. It's in Amazon's best interests to charge people based on the amount of "DIY" they're willing to put up with, and that's why they offer a number of overlapping services at different price points.

Re:Announcing Go Support for AWS Lambda by hamandcheese on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:09AM (#16157046)
Amazon does not launch a brand new container for every invocation of lambda, only cold starts. Supporting arbitrary Docker containers is definitely more costly.