Top Links from Issue #195
This issue was published on July 12, 2022
Accelerate your Serverless App Development đ
In this issue, SAM Accelerate goes GA, Vercel Edge Functions go Beta, and Cloudflare introduces WASI at the edge. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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AWS SAM Accelerate is now generally available - quickly test code changes against the cloud
The AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) announces general availability of AWS SAM Accelerate. The AWS SAM Command Line Interface (CLI) is a developer tool that makes it easier to build, locally test, package, and deploy serverless applications.
AWS Lambda Cold Starts: The Case of a NestJS Mono-Lambda API
Earlier this year I wrote about a NestJS API packed in an AWS Lambda. If you haven't read it, feel free to check it out if you'd like to learn how to deploy an API quickly using Serverless framework.
Introducing the new AWS Step Functions Workflows Collection
Today, the AWS Serverless Developer Advocate team introduces the Step Functions Workflows Collection, a fresh experience that makes it easier to discover, deploy, and share Step Functions workflows.
AWS Identity and Access Management introduces IAM Roles Anywhere for workloads outside of AWS
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now enables workloads that run outside of AWS to access AWS resources using IAM Roles Anywhere. IAM Roles Anywhere allows your workloads such as servers, containers, and applications to use X.
What Do Authentication and Authorization Mean in Zero Trust? by Emily Omier
The foundation of putting zero trust security principles into practice is authentication and authorization. What they mean is actually quite simple, but the specifics of how authentication and authorization work in zero trust versus other systems are different.
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.
How to Fail at Serverless: Serverless is Stateless
AppSync and DynamoDB Lessons Learned by Matthew Wilson
When building a serverless first platform itâs very hard to ignore the compelling feature set offered by AWS AppSync and DynamoDB. Each service has their own list of great features, but the magic lies when you combine these two services together.
AWS Step Functions In-Depth | Serverless
In this article we are going to learn about Step Functions, its main components, and will build some examples using serverless framework The main parts of this article: About Finite-State Machine Step Functions (Main components) Examples 1.
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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 âserver-fullâ 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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