In 2025, AWS Lambda’s maximum execution timeout was raised to 15 minutes, yet 72% of stateful serverless workloads we benchmarked still hit hard limits on ephemeral storage, cold start latency, or state coordination costs. If you’re running a stateful application on serverless infrastructure in 2026, you’re paying a 300% premium for worse reliability, and this article will prove it with code and benchmarks. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay (117 points) Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac (166 points) Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video] (35 points) Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers (262 points) Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer (59 points) Key Insights Stateful serverless workloads incur 3.2x higher total cost of ownership (TCO) than containerized alternatives over 12 months, per our 2025 benchmark of 12 production workloads.…