SOCI lazy loading: start Lambda containers faster
SOCI lazy loading lets a Lambda function on Lambda Managed Instances start before its container image has been fully downloaded. AWS announced it on October 28, 2026, and quotes startup times that are up to 70 percent shorter. I care less about that percentage than about two questions: who actually benefits from the extra build step, and where does it cause you trouble? Container images are often the escape hatch on Lambda for anything that does not fit into a 250 MB ZIP package: ML libraries,…