Top Links from Issue #136
This issue was published on April 6, 2021
I think I see a serverless pattern here 🧩
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Most Popular Links
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The Three DynamoDB Limits You Need to Know
Prefer video? View this post on YouTube! As a programmer, it is important to know the limits of any service that you’re using. In some cases, the limits of a particular service may make it unsuitable for the task at hand, such as using Route53 as a database.
Anonymize your data using Amazon S3 Object Lambda by Jérôme Van Der Linden
Jérôme Van Der LindenJust now·6 min readPersonal Data in Europe, Personal Identifiable Information (PII) in the US, Client Identifying Data (CID) here in Switzerland, … Whatever the name you give it, the definition is slightly the same: it defines a category of information about an individual t
Building a custom IAM system has made me appreciate AWS IAM even more
In the last post I discussed my preferred approach for modelling multi-tenant applications with AppSync and Cognito. This approach supports the common requirements in these applications, where there are a number of distinct roles within each tenant.
Serverless Authentication with AWS Lambda by laura carballo
When it comes to authentication it is highly recommended to use a third party service. There are multiple options like Auth0 or Magic.link that provide an easy to integrate authentication that allows us developers to not worry about security issues.
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.
Deno Company forms to back Node.js rival by Paul Krill
The creators of Deno have formed the Deno Company, a business venture around the JavaScript/TypeScript runtime and rival to Node.js. In a bulletin on March 29, Deno creator Ryan Dahl and Bert Belder, both of whom also led the development of Node.
When to use Docker on AWS Lambda, Lambda Layers, and Lambda Extensions
2020 was a difficult year for all of us, and it was no different for engineering teams. Many software releases were postponed, and the industry slowed its development speed quite a bit. But at least at AWS, some teams released updates out of the door at the end of the year.
28 Serverless Gurus and experts One Must Follow in 2021
Serverless is a constantly evolving space with something new being discovered every day. Being a relatively newer field, developers and enterprises are constantly learning how Serverless can be made easy and the adoption of Serverless technology can be made faster.
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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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