Top Links from Issue #186

This issue was published on May 3, 2022

Making Multi-Account Easier? 🧐

In this issue, the Data API gets an update, Infrastructure as SQL goes open source, and AWS puts multi-account where their mouth is. Read the full issue...

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Amazon RDS Data API now supports returning SQL results as a simplified JSON string
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Data API can now return results in a new simplified JSON format that makes it easier to convert JSON string to an object in your application. Previously, Amazon RDS Data API returned a JSON string as an array of data type and value pairs.

AWS Releases the Second Version of Amazon Aurora Serverless with Independent Scaling by Steef-Jan Wiggers
Recently, AWS announced the general availability of the second version of Amazon Aurora Serverless, an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora. The second version is generally available for both Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL, featuring the independent scaling of compute and storage.

Use IAM to control access to a resource based on the account, OU or organization that contains the resource
Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) introduced a new way that you can control access to your resources based on the account, Organizational Unit (OU) or organization in AWS Organizations that contains your resources.

Infrastructure as SQL on AWS: IaSQL is Now Open Source and SaaS by Renato Losio
IaSQL, the company behind a service that models AWS infrastructure using SQL, has recently announced that IaSQL is available as open source and software as a service.

How AWS Lambda Retry really works by Enrico Portolan
Whether you are new or an expert in the Serverless world, AWS Lambda retry mechanism can cause a headache. A distributed system usually has different nodes triggered by asynchronous actions. Each node must be designed as a single black box unit.

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