Is serverless on AWS still worth it in 2025, or just an expensive way to avoid EC2?

Back in the day, going serverless on AWS felt like unlocking dev superpowers:
🧙‍♂️ “𝘕𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦!”
But now it’s 2025… and let’s be honest:


✔️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲:
◾ AWS Lambda + API Gateway = fastest MVP ever
◾ EventBridge is practically magic
◾ Step Functions let you look like an architect


❌ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀… 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲:
◾ Cold starts still exist (like your old startup idea)
◾ Observability? Hope you like reading CloudWatch logs in JSON
◾ Pricing: “Wait, how much did that cost?”
◾ Vendor lock-in? You’re basically married to AWS now


So here’s the real question:
👉 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗱𝗮, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗗𝗕?
👉 𝗢𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗖𝗦, 𝗘𝗞𝗦… 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗖𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆?