I have not had difficulty writing code for AWS Lambda. I just write everything locally and run the code by invoking the entry point with the proper event and co

I have not had difficulty writing code for AWS Lambda. I just write everything locally and run the code by invoking the entry point with the proper event and context dictionaries. For debugging, I just attach a debugger and run the entry point like any normal script. I don't know why you need to deploy to test Lambda code; you can hit remote AWS stuff from local. The AWS SDK picks up your local config's IAM role the same way as it picks up the one granted to the Lambda itself. You don't need localstack for this, just an account in your AWS organization with the right role attached. Packaging dependencies was a little weird to figure out, but the docs [0] are very good. A simple shell script can do the packaging work; its just a few lines to make the zip file. [0]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/python-package-update.html#python-package-update-dependencies https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/python-package-...