Top Links from Issue #213

This issue was published on December 13, 2022

What is serverless again? 😞

In this issue, serverless goes through another identity crisis, we get some more thoughts on AWS re:Invent, and we get plenty of serverless tutorials to keep us busy through the holidays. Read the full issue...

Most Popular Links

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Top 12 Serverless Announcements from re:Invent 2022
re:Invent 2022, the annual AWS conference in Las Vegas, is now behind us. I did not attend in person, but that gave me time to consolidate this list of top new serverless features while everyone else is sleeping off the intense 5-day conference. And I envy them just a little.

Serverless vs. Kubernetes: The People's Vote by Jessica Wachtel
Which architecture is better in terms of scaling, cost, and security — Kubernetes or serverless? A breakout session at Amazon Web Services‘ recent Re:Invent conference, “Competition of the modern workloads: Serverless vs. Kubernetes on AWS” was a six-point comparison of serverless vs.

A Practical Guide to Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) by Waleed Rafi
In this blog post, we will discuss what Amazon Simple Queue Service is and how we can create decouple and scaleable microservices using SQS. After getting theoretical knowledge we will then dive into the code and will create a Queue along with some lambda functions.

I Don't Know What Serverless Is Anymore by Allen Helton
I’m not proud of that statement, in fact I’m a little upset about it. I used to have a firm grasp on what serverless was, but that seems to have been shaken up recently.

Why do you still need to think of scalability when architecting Serverless apps? by Marin Radjenovic
“Pay as you go” and “Unlimited Scaling” are the buzzwords that are often associated with Serverless when reading or hearing about it. Yet, we still need to think of scalability.

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.

Building Cloud-Native Scheduler App with AWS SQS, Lambda and State Machine by AWS CDK by Ali Boyraz
Building a modern, cloud-native app that uses AWS services such as SQS, Lambda, and Step Functions can be a challenging and time-consuming task.

TriggerMesh announces Shaker, an open-source AWS EventBridge alternative
Enterprises are looking for ways to innovate faster with eventing solutions. As corporations need to integrate new event sources to enable developers to build event-driven applications, they can utilize TriggerMesh to bring a unified eventing experience to their own platforms.

119 new AWS services and features in 30 words each

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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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