Top Links from Issue #181

This issue was published on March 22, 2022

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Most Popular Links

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From AWS Lambda to AWS Step Function
Serverless applications are becoming more common, and more people migrate their container applications. So I see a pattern emerging talking around with people in different countries, and this post is just a summary of things that I have been blabbering about for a while.

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Fastest Runtime For AWS Lambda Functions by Emin Bilgic
AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without any infrastructure management and it natively supports Java, Go, NodeJS, .Net, Python, and Ruby runtimes. In this article, we will compare the performances of the same hello world Lambda functions written in Java, Go, NodeJS, .

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Three serverless, Lambda-less API patterns with AWS CDK
Serverless, Lambda-less microservice patterns are growing in popularity these days. The goal of this article is to help jump-start your entry into these patterns by describing three different methods for implementing an API boundary using the AWS CDK.

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Building your brand as a Solutions Architect by Clare Holley
As AWS Solutions Architects, we use our business, technical, and people skills to help our customers understand, implement, and refine cloud-based solutions.

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Improving our Serverless CI/CD up to 60% in a Couple of Simple Steps by Fernando Alvarez
At SSENSE, we invest ample time not only creating new internal products, but also improving our technology stack and its related processes to stack on the edge.

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.

DynamoDB Key Partition Strategies for SaaS by Courier.com
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service built for scalability and high performance. It’s one of the most popular databases used at SaaS companies, including Courier. We selected DynamoDB for the same reasons as everyone else: autoscaling, low cost, zero down time.

Announcing AWS AppConfig Feature Flags General Availability
AWS is announcing general availability for AWS AppConfig Feature Flags. Feature flagging allows you to quickly roll out new features safely and with more confidence. AWS AppConfig is a feature of AWS Systems Manager.

Announcing the Cloudflare API Gateway

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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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