Top Links from Issue #248

This issue was published on September 26, 2023

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Most Popular Links

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Search your AWS resources blazingly fast ⚡️
It's so annoying to find your resources in AWS ... I don't know about you, but I find it really annoying to find my resources in AWS. I always have to click through the different services and then search for my resource.

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Robust Architecture for Event Handling by Buddhi Vikasitha
This is about a scenario where an AWS infrastructure was used to build a decoupled, robust and highly scalable methodology to implement an event handling mechanism. In a practical scenario, we had to accurately monitor when users perform different actions our system.

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Ampt is now available! by Jeremy Daly
For everyone that's been waiting to get their hands on Ampt, the wait is finally over. Ampt is officially available to the public! Six months ago, we announced our private beta and the journey since then has been truly transformative.

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Solve DynamoDB size max exceeded problem : reduce size until 65% by Achmad Fatoni
As we know, DynamoDB is a NoSQL database provided by AWS which provides fast performance and low service prices. Apart from being used to store data, dynamoDb is often used as cache storage.

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Supercharge Your AWS Lambda: Accelerate Development with a Low-Code Lambda Layer by Ray
Developing high-quality software is tough, and it can be expensive. It’s not just about creating a feature; you also need to think about testing scenarios, user experience, usability, cost, request volume, scalability, resilience, and observability.

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.

Is the AWS Inpector’s Lambda code scanning feature worth its price? by Samuel Durand
If you have been following IT news the last few years, you might have noticed that hardly a week passes without some big company being hacked and their data stolen, or subjected to ransomware.

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic by Manish Singh
Amazon said Monday it has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic as the e-commerce group steps up rivalry against Microsoft, Meta, Google and Nvidia in the fast-growing red hot sector that many technologists believe could be the next great frontier.

Bun hype. How we learned nothing from Yarn
Here we go again, making the same mistake. I'm constantly reminded that every 5 years the amount of programmers in the world doubles, which means at any point, 50% of the industry has less than 5 years experience. Which is probably why we keep falling for stuff like Bun.

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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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