# Understanding Serverless: Why Cold Starts May Not Be the Problem

DevFeed: [Understanding Serverless: Why Cold Starts May Not Be the Problem](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-many-engineers-don-t-understand-serverless-14473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/why-many-engineers-dont-understand-serverless>)

Author: Anna Geller

Published: 2022-04-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why cold starts and other issues commonly discussed by engineers new to Serverless may be misunderstood, and describes ways to mitigate them.

## Source excerpt

Cold starts and other issues engineers new to Serverless hear about are not the problem you may think they are. Anna explains why and even how to mitigate them.