Top Links from Issue #245

This issue was published on September 5, 2023

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Most Popular Links

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AWS AppSync provides an improved module and functions for JavaScript DynamoDB resolvers
AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easier to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data. With AppSync, API developers can write resolvers to define the business logic that connects their AppSync GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs to data.

AWS Lambda Functions powered by AWS Graviton2 now available in 6 additional regions
AWS Lambda functions powered by AWS Graviton2 processors are now available in 6 additional regions - Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Israel (Tel Aviv) and Middle East (UAE).

Introducing Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
Today, AWS is renaming Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics to Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. With Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, you can transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink, an open-source framework and engine for processing data streams.

AWS Step Functions streamlines the authoring experience in Workflow Studio by launch blog
AWS Step Functions is introducing enhancements to Workflow Studio, a visual workflow designer in the AWS console, which includes a streamlined transition between the visual builder and code, making it faster and easier to build workflows.

Fig has joined AWS!
I am thrilled to announce that the Fig team will be joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon has acquired Fig's technology! Fig and AWS share a passion for improved developer tools and services.

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 — Amazon EventBridge — Event Bus Explained by Ciaran O'Keeffe
Amazon EventBridge was launched at AWS re:Invent 2019 and is an evolution of a service called Amazon CloudWatch Events, which was launched in 2016.

Creating a serverless Re:Invent session tracker
Re:Invent 2023 will take place the week after Thanksgiving (Monday November 27 to Friday December 1). If you’ve ever attended Re:Invent, you’ll know that keeping track of which sessions to attend is extremely difficult. To stay ahead of the game, I built a serverless Re:Invent session tracker.

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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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