--- title: Blog | Blue Matador | Lambda description: Lambda | Our blog gives devops engineers the data, insights, tutorials, and help they need to solve their problems in AWS and Kubernetes. --- - ![Get AWS credits for your startup with AWS Activate](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/BM-Article-AWS-CloudWatch-101-feature4.jpg "Get AWS credits for your startup with AWS Activate") # Get AWS credits for your startup with AWS Activate [View Post](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/what-is-aws-activate) ### Topics - Select a Topic ** ### Stay up to date [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/blog/new/How%20to%20Monitor%20AWS%20Lambda/BM-Article-how-to-monitor-aws-lambda-with-cloudwatch..jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-monitor-aws-lambda-with-cloudwatch) [AWS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/aws), [Lambda](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/lambda) ##### [How to Monitor AWS Lambda with CloudWatch](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-monitor-aws-lambda-with-cloudwatch) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on July 1, 2020 Since Amazon released AWS Lambda in late 2014, the notion of serverless applications and function-as-a-service has steadily gained steam. Being able to focus on application code and... [ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-monitor-aws-lambda-with-cloudwatch) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/What-is-the-rate-of-Lambda-adoption.jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/report-lambda-use-among-blue-matador-users) [Lambda](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/lambda) ##### [Report: Lambda use among Blue Matador users in 2020](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/report-lambda-use-among-blue-matador-users) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on June 25, 2020 It’s no secret that AWS Lambda adoption has grown steadily since AWS first released it in 2015—and for good reason. The benefits of adopting Lambda are many: leveraging Lambda eliminates... [ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/report-lambda-use-among-blue-matador-users) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/blog/new/Serverless%20in%20AWS%20Lambda%20vs%20Fargate/AWS-Lambda-vs-Fargate.jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/serverless-in-aws-lambda-vs-fargate) [AWS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/aws), [Lambda](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/lambda) ##### [Fargate vs. Lambda: Serverless in AWS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/serverless-in-aws-lambda-vs-fargate) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on June 16, 2020 Serverless computing has taken off in recent years as engineering organizations have shied away from the complexity and cost that comes with managing physical servers and even virtual... 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[ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/what-is-aws-lambda) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/AWS-Lambda-purple%20(1).jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/top-7-aws-lambda-metrics-to-monitor) [AWS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/aws), [Lambda](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/lambda) ##### [Top 7 AWS Lambda metrics to monitor](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/top-7-aws-lambda-metrics-to-monitor) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on May 14, 2020 Since launching in 2014, AWS Lambda has dramatically grown in popularity. Lambda allows you to run code without having to manage the underlying compute resources. From a monitoring... 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