Top Links from Issue #221
This issue was published on February 14, 2023
Serverless love is in the air ❤️
In this issue, asynchronous Lambdas get some much needed metrics, SAM Connectors (probably) took my advice, and we ask where serverless devs are spending their time. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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Serverless AWS CDK Pipeline Best Practices & Patterns — Part 1 by Serverless Advocate
In Part 1 we will cover an opinionated discussion around how to set up, structure, and deploy your AWS CDK Serverless apps using CDK Pipelines in line with AWS best practice.
12 Databases you probably never heard of by Alex Maher
Planetscale is a highly scalable, multi-cloud database solution that enables organizations to run their databases in a flexible and cost-effective manner.
Running Serverless in Production: 7 Best Practices for DevOps by Gilad David Maayan
Serverless in production refers to the deployment and use of serverless architecture in a live, production environment.
Trying to use AWS Lambda as an API? Here’s what you need to know by Jagannath Saragadam
I still remember when I discovered AWS Lambda and used it to build an automation job at my first internship in 2019.
Multithreading in AWS Lambda, Part 4: Massive Throughput and Cost Efficiency by JV Roig @ Cascadeo
In this “multithreading in serverless” series, we dive into multithreading in AWS Lambda, looking at implementation, scaling, and even comparing multithreading vs multi-instance architectures.
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.
5 control points to implement serverless integration tests like a boss 👔
Serverless applications are composed of many services interacting with one another. A lot more than traditional web applications. Service configurations replace some application code. Parts of the application are black box managed by a cloud provider.
Building Serverless apps with more configurations
Applications built on the Serverless stack have existed for nearly a decade with AWS Lambda functions being launched in 2014. And ever since, the association of a Serverless application is always with a Lambda function.
Platform Engineering Teams Done Right… by adrian cockcroft
There’s been a lot of discussion about platforms recently, I talked about why I think it’s a current hot meme on the WTF Podcast with Charles Humble recently, and Sam Newman just wrote a blog post “Don’t call it a platform”.
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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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