AWS Lambdas: Easy, Easier, Easiest

The Serverless Handbook warns about the difficulties with AWS. However, there are now three distinct but compelling APIs for "real AWS Lambda functions" - Amplify's, Netlify's, and Vercel's. These platforms offer developer-friendly wrappers for AWS Lambda deployments, making it easier to get started without needing an AWS account or dashboard. The author compares these three APIs in terms of simplicity, documentation style, dev servers, file structures, and commands to remember. While there are slight differences between the platforms, they all offer great developer experiences with state-of-the-art DX. The author ultimately chooses Vercel due to its integration with Next.js framework but acknowledges that it's a close call and may try other languages and APIs in the future.