Supercharge Your Lambda Functions with Powertools for AWS Lambda
Writing clean, observable, and maintainable Lambda functions can be challenging — especially at scale. That’s where AWS Lambda Powertools for TypeScript comes in. It offers a suite of utilities to help with: Structured logging Distributed tracing Custom metrics Parameter and secret fetching Reusable data providers (like DynamoDB) In today’s post, we’ll walk through how to use some of the most useful features in a real-world Lambda function.

Writing clean, observable, and maintainable Lambda functions can be challenging — especially at scale.
That’s where AWS Lambda Powertools for TypeScript comes in. It offers a suite of utilities to help with:
- Structured logging
- Distributed tracing
- Custom metrics
- Parameter and secret fetching
- Reusable data providers (like DynamoDB)
In today’s post, we’ll walk through how to use some of the most useful features in a real-world Lambda function.