Lambda on Lambda: Serverless Haskell on AWS
A recent talk focused on using Haskell to create AWS Lambda functions. The speaker shared insights on building Haskell functions into OCI-format containers and configuring them for Lambda. The event fostered engaging discussions among attendees, highlighting the interest in functional programming.
- ▪The talk was held at the Melbourne Compose Group.
- ▪The speaker demonstrated how to implement AWS Lambda functions using Haskell.
- ▪An end-to-end example of building Haskell functions into OCI-format containers was shared.
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Lambda on Lambda: Serverless Haskell on AWS Posted on June 24, 2026 by Jack Kelly Tags: haskell, coding, talks Earlier this week, I gave a talk at the Melbourne Compose Group (mailing list) about using Haskell to implement AWS Lambda functions. Lambda is AWS’s “function-as-a-service offering”, where your code runs in an isolated “microVM” on AWS-managed infrastructure and you pay only for the resources used while your code runs. As a mature AWS service, Lambda has a lot of features and knobs, and many of the blog posts I’ve read about deploying to Lambda were closer to “draw two circles” than “how to draw the owl”. I’ve wanted to address this gap for a long time.
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