Serverless Discord Bot using AWS Lambda

A Discord admin friend of mine mentioned how an old Bot he really liked was no longer working, website down, developer out of contact, etc.  I'd always been curious about Discord Bot development, but never had a reason to give it a shot.  

One of my concerns was performance vs. hosting costs.  While poking around on the internet I came across a few articles talking about a serverless approach using AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.  This interested me as I have used a variety of AWS offerings in the past but had not yet learned Lambda or DynamoDB.  

Use Google Apps Script to post Gmail messages in a Discord channel

While helping a friend set up a Discord server and Patreon account we discovered that the Patreon Bot does not post any notifications about new patrons.  The only thing it does is assign Discord roles associated with Patreon tiers if configured by the creator AND the user has their Patreon account linked with their Discord account, which is rare.

Moderators need to receive a notification for each new patron so they can verify the member receives the roles and benefits they are entitled to even if their Patreon account is not linked to their Discord account.