Top Links from Issue #113

This issue was published on October 27, 2020

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Most Popular Links

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My AWS toolbox ā€“ tools, plugins and applications by Maciej Radzikowski
This post was originally published at https://betterdev.blog/my-aws-toolbox/ - check it out for more related content. Developers, like all specialists, discover and collect their favorite tools over time. Having a good, proven set of tools makes the work easier and more pleasant.

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5 Tips to Make Your Lambda Functions Run Faster (and Cheaper) by Albiona
The AWS Lambda service allows us to easily deploy and run our own code, without worrying too much about the underlying infrastructure (when compared to non-serverless technologies).

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AWS CloudFormation now supports increased limits on five service quotas
AWS CloudFormation now supports increased limits on five service quotas - template size, resources, parameters, mappings, and outputs. The maximum size of a template that can be passed in an S3 Object is now 1MB (previously 450KB).

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Serverless Docker Patterns
This is the first part in a series on how we use Docker for Rails on AWS Lambda at Custom Ink. After reading, drop a comment and share how you or your teams leverage Docker & Serverless together.

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Integration and E2E tests are the primary confidence drivers for serverless apps by Paul Swail
This article is part of a series on ā€œTesting Serverless Applicationsā€ based on lessons Iā€™m teaching in the Serverless Testing Workshop.

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.

An Ultimate Beginner Guide to DynamoDB by Kisan Tamang
In this article, Iā€™ve covered the important concepts you must know in order to get started with DynamoDB. You can use it as a cheatsheet. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service by AWS that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.

The Ultimate Guide to AWS Step Functions by Mariliis Retter
The use of serverless computing has become a must nowadays, and some of you may already know a thing or two about Amazon Web Services like Lambda Functions, Step Functions, and other services AWS provides. However, if this is the first time you hear about them ā€“ fantastic!

Next.js - The Data Story
In my previous post I covered how to implement authentication in depth using Next.js with AWS. In this post, we'll take the next steps to talk about the data story, how it fits in to the picture, and how to implement various access patterns with and without authentication and authorization.

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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 ā€œserver-fullā€ 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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