// build a lambda - this gets created ✅
    const authLambda = new lambdaNodejs.NodejsFunction(this, 'auth-lambda', {
      entry: './src/custom-auth-lambda.ts',
      handler: 'handler',
      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_18_X,
      environment: {
        NODE_OPTIONS: '--enable-source-maps',
      },
    });

    // Authorizer Target - this does not show up in API authorizer list ❌
    const lambdaAuthorizer = new HttpLambdaAuthorizer('MyAuthorizer', authLambda, {
      responseTypes: [HttpLambdaResponseType.SIMPLE], 
    });

    // the API - none of the subsequently deployed routes are authorized ❌
    const httpApi = new apigwv2alpha.HttpApi(this, 'my-http-api', {
      apiName: 'my-api',
      createDefaultStage: true,
      defaultDomainMapping: {
        domainName: domain,
      },
      defaultAuthorizer: lambdaAuthorizer
    });

    // Add a route... this is done in another part of the app. Route created but not auth'd ❌
    const route = new apigwv2alpha.HttpRoute(this, 'my-route', {
      httpApi: httpApi,
      routeKey: apigwv2alpha.HttpRouteKey.with('/v1/mything/{proxy+}', apigwv2alpha.HttpMethod.ANY),
      integration: new HttpAlbIntegration('my-app-private-integration', props.service.listener, {
        vpcLink: vpcLink
      })
    })