Top Links from Issue #158

This issue was published on October 5, 2021

Wait, how much are your egress fees? 💰

In this issue, Lambda supports Graviton2, Step Functions makes friends with everyone, and Cloudflare kicks S3 in the shins. Read the full issue...

Most Popular Links

Below are the most popular links from Issue #158 as chosen by our Off-by-none email subscribers. Sign up for the newsletter and help choose the most popular links each week!

Corey Quinn by Corey Quinn
Time to put on my Cloud Economics Pants and do a bit of math around @Cloudflare's R2 pricing model as described herein. https://t.co/bCcf1mTIT7

Ladybug Podcast by Ladybug Podcast
🐞🐞🐞 Let’s wrap up season 6 with A Day In The Life of 4 Software Engineers! Sadly this will be our last episode indefinitely. We’re all very busy with exiting life and career events and wanted to focus on those for a while (1/3) https://t.

Graviton-Based Lambda Functions, What It Means For You by Yan Cui
AWS just announced support for AWS Lambda functions powered by AWS Graviton2 processors. These are 64-bit Arm-based processors that are custom built by AWS and offer a better price to performance ratio.

AWS Step Functions adds support for over 200 AWS Services with AWS SDK Integration
AWS Step Functions now integrates with the AWS SDK, expanding the number of supported AWS Services from 17 to over 200 and AWS API Actions from 46 to over 9,000.

Why you should consider a Databaseless architecture by Authors
In this article Raja Rao, Head of Growth Marketing at Redis discusses breaking down complex problems using first principles and DBLess (databaseless) architecture. DBLess architecture provides an alternative to traditional thinking. Should you try a proof-of-concept?

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.

What is Web3? The Decentralized Internet of the Future Explained by Nader Dabit
If you’re reading this, you are already participating in the modern web (Web 2.0). The web we experience today is much different than what it was just 10 years ago (Web 1.0). And with Web3, it's getting ready to change again.

three ways to deploy a serverless graphQL API
There are a wide range of different options for GraphQL servers with varying deployment methods. Typical methods for hosting your server include virtual machines (AWS EC2, Digital Ocean Droplet) or containers (Cloud Run, AWS ECS).

Best Databases for Serverless by Follow
Serverless is great for developers who want to build an application end to end with lowest maintenance and financial cost. Serverless functions enable you to run your own code without maintaining the backend infra. But they are stateless by design so you need an external data store.

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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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