It’s happened to the best of us. You’re in the middle of a task when all of a sudden, the inevitable lambda timeout occurs.

Running into a timeout can feel like a bit of a setback when you’re trying to focus on running your application. At worst, timeouts can ultimately lead to a negative impact on the overall user experience, and a non-optimized application is bound to result in a loss of users, which can lead to financial repercussions.