AWS User Group - Cape Town Monthly Meetup June 2025

Details:
Join AWS User Group Cape Town in June 2025 for the monthly meetup, where we focus on all things AWS! We deep dive into topics related to the cloud on AWS!

Date & Time:
Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 18:00 SAST

Venue:
BBD - Cape Town
3rd Floor, Northbank Building, No. 1 N Bank Ln, Century City, Cape Town, 7441

Agenda:
18:00 - Arival and Networking
18:15 - Pizza and Drinks
18:30 - Welcome and introduction
18:45 - When Lambda Falls Short: Using Fargate for Longer Running Tasks - Liza Cullis
20:30 - Closing and networking

🎤 Speaker :
Liza Cullis - Serverless Developer @ Aleios

### When Lambda Falls Short: Using Fargate for Longer Running Tasks

#### Description

Ever tried running intensive tasks on AWS Lambda, only to hit size and timeout limits? In this talk, I’ll walk you through how I hit those exact challenges when implementing a load testing tool - and how switching to AWS Fargate gave us the flexibility to run powerful, long-running load tests using Artillery.

You’ll see:

How we built a full testing pipeline using Step Functions, ECS Fargate, and CDK

The architectural evolution from Lambda to Fargate

Trade-offs we faced, including logging, cold starts, and permissions

How this pattern can unlock other use cases like image processing or heavy compute tasks

If you’re looking for real-world AWS patterns, a candid view into the decisions made, and some solid infrastructure storytelling - you won’t want to miss this.

We look forward to seeing you at the meetup!

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