> but what you are looking for already exists I'd say, and is Fargate.
No, Fargate isn’t that at all. Google Cloud Run is what you meant to say.
This is of course still valuable to allow container-based workflows to adapt to Lambda, but it really seems like AWS missed the mark on identifying why people really want to use containers. Just one look at the amount of people on HN threads or on Reddit excited at using “arbitrary containers on Lambda” should tell you what people really wanted - and now they have to come away disappointed.
No, Fargate isn’t that at all. Google Cloud Run is what you meant to say.
This is of course still valuable to allow container-based workflows to adapt to Lambda, but it really seems like AWS missed the mark on identifying why people really want to use containers. Just one look at the amount of people on HN threads or on Reddit excited at using “arbitrary containers on Lambda” should tell you what people really wanted - and now they have to come away disappointed.