Follow-up to “Skip Lambda…” — Why You Shouldn’t Skip It
7 min readFeb 3, 2021
In my previous article, “Skip Lambda, Save Data to DynamoDB Directly Using API Gateway; Process Later With Streams”, I describe a technique allowing you to skip using a Lambda function in an API, and deliver data directly to DynamoDB. This followup details why, in many cases, you shouldn’t do that.