AWS Lambda Layers Crash Course

When should you use Layers with your AWS Lambda function, and more importantly, how?

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 What are Layers?
01:33 An example use case
02:28 Demo implementation
04:03 Adventures using pip
04:41 Unit tests
05:04 Dissecting the archive file
05:56 Using Terraform
06:34 AWS Lambda Console
07:51 Lambda Layers Best Practices
09:33 Pros and Cons of Lambda Layers
10:40 Thank you!!!