Top Links from Issue #111
This issue was published on October 13, 2020
Lambda just got some Extensions... 🔎
In this issue, we get Lambda Extensions, a full stack serverless manifesto, and a reality check on the state of the serverless revolution. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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AWS Lambda Extensions: What are they and why do they matter by Yan Cui
There is a growing ecosystem of vendors that are helping AWS customers gain better observability into their serverless applications. All of them have been facing the same struggle: how to collect telemetry data about AWS Lambda functions in a way that’s both performant and cost-efficient.
Properly use of AWS Lambda layers by Vittorio Nardone
What are AWS Lambda layers? As we know, AWS Lambda functions allow to execute code in the cloud according to the serverless paradigm.
Amazon Timestream
My visual notes on Amazon Timestream, a secure, managed, serverless time series database
The Full Stack Serverless Manifesto
Full Stack Serverless applications are applications that combine the following three things: Decoupled frontends Infrastructure as code Serverless technologies for maximum scalability with minimum devops By combining Serverless technologies with end to end full stack example applications and referen
It Took 2 Days and 7 Engineers to Move Data Between S3 Buckets by Anna Anisienia
A team of engineers tried to quickly transfer 25TB of data from one S3 bucket to another [1]. Their requirement was to move a large number of small log files (in the range of MB), ideally within the next two hours.
Honorable Mentions
There are so many great blog posts, tutorials, use cases, and more shared each week by the #serverless community, that picking just a few to feature is really hard. So here are some other honorable mentions chosen by our readers.
AWS Lambda Function Design Best Practice
When designing AWS Lambda’s, try to keep the side effects low. Think of your handler function having just 1 IO type. Just like a list can be typed as Array[string], try keeping just one IO type as well. I know this is hard.
AWS Lambda Extensions: a new way to integrate Lambda with operational tools (in preview)
You can now use AWS Lambda with extensions for your favorite operational tools for monitoring, observability, security, and governance.
AWS Step Functions
AWS Lambda
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About the Author
Jeremy is the CEO and Founder of Ampt and an AWS Serverless Hero that has a soft spot for helping people solve problems using serverless. He frequently consults with companies and developers transitioning away from the traditional “server-full” approach. You can find him ranting about serverless on Twitter, in several forums and Slack groups, hosting the Serverless Chats podcast, and at conferences around the world.
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