> Out-of-the-box slow response times. My Lambda function with two simple DynamoDB queries often takes 3 seconds to return a result when its route is hit. This

> Out-of-the-box slow response times. My Lambda function with two simple DynamoDB queries often takes 3 seconds to return a result when its route is hit. This is something I've also noticed. Even their official examples are really slow [0] About auth: I've been researching API Gateway + Lambda and auth via Amazon Cognito. As of now the best example for auth I've found is LambdAuth [1]. I'm trying to add the API Gateway in the mix, it looks possible to integrate it. I also agree that docs and more explicit examples are needed. [0] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/the-squirrelbin-architecture-a-serverless-microservice-using-aws-lambda/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/the-squirrelbin-archite... [1] https://github.com/danilop/LambdAuth https://github.com/danilop/LambdAuth