Top Links from Issue #206
This issue was published on October 25, 2022
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Most Popular Links
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Why you should use a single API Gateway Endpoint per microservice by Kieran Wrenn
Loosely coupled, independently deployable, owned by a small team, organised around business capabilities and highly maintainable and testable are some characteristics of microservices.
Lambda: Defense in Depth by The Justin Perkins
AWS defines Lambda as a āserverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for virtually any type of application or back-end service without provisioning or managing servers.
How to use AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension
What is AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension? https://aws.amazon.com/jp/about-aws/whats-new/2022/10/aws-parameters-secrets-lambda-extension/ This extension can be used to retrieve parameters from the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and secrets from the AWS Secrets Manager.
Why AWS Step Functions and SDK integrations
AWS Step Functions helps you orchestrate your Serverless workflows and AWS Step Functions is expanding the way you integrate with multiple AWS Services with SDK integrations.
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.
Letās Architect! Architecting for NoSQL databases by luca mezzalira
NoSQL databases are an essential part of the technology industry today. We are exploring NoSQL databases because they often allow developers to control the data structure; they also fit well in circumstances that require big data capability, fast performance, and easy replication.
Announcing AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension
Today, AWS launched the AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension, a convenient method for AWS Lambda users to retrieve parameters from AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and secrets from AWS Secrets Manager.
Akshat Vig by Akshat Vig
DynamoDB launched with the assumption that apps uniformly access data in tables. However we discovered workloads have non-uniform access patterns - over time & space. A twitter š§µ explaining challenges faced & solutions built to magically adapt tables to changing traffic patte
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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 āserver-fullā 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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