Top Links from Issue #197
This issue was published on August 9, 2022
Lambda Tiered Pricing 💰
In this issue, we look at Lambda's new tiered pricing model, say goodbye to a podcasting legend, and look at the future of serverless. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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Software Daily by Software Daily
It is with terrible sadness that we inform the SED community that Jeff passed away on July 1, 2022. His family expresses deep gratitude to the SED community for supporting Jeff over the years and has kindly requested privacy during this difficult time. 1/2
How to choose between EventBridge and SQS in Event Driven Architecture by Joey Yi Zhao
EventBridge, SQS are two event based orchestration services offered by AWS. They are solving similar scenarios:providers deliver events to consumers but provide very different in terms of functionalities.
Tiers before bedtime: AWS updates Lambda pricing structure
AWS has introduced tiered pricing for its Lambda serverless computing platform, claiming this will save on monthly costs for customers who use it to operate large workloads. It will, however, likely add to the complexity of estimating costs for many developers hoping to run a project on AWS.
Storage-First Serverless Solutions 🚀 by Lee James Gilmore
A real World example of using storage-first serverless solutions for increased resilience, with example code using TypeScript and the AWS CDK with both Amazon EventBridge and Step Function Express Workflows.
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.
AWS Lambda announces tiered pricing
AWS Lambda now provides tiered pricing for monthly Lambda function duration i.e. GB-Seconds of usage. The two additional pricing tiers provide discounts on your aggregate monthly on-demand function duration. Tiered pricing takes effect in the monthly billing cycle starting on Aug 1st, 2022.
The Lambda Circuit Breaker Pattern by Enrico Portolan
In this blog post, I will explain a Serverless pattern called “Circuit Breaker”, particularly powerful when using Amazon Lambda with 3rd party API calls. The first time I read about it was on the Jeremy Daly Blog.
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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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