Top Links from Issue #256
This issue was published on November 21, 2023
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Most Popular Links
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AWS Lambda introduces new controls to make it easier to search, filter, and aggregate Lambda function logs
AWS Lambda announces advanced logging controls that enable you to natively capture logs in JSON structured format, adjust log levels, and select the Amazon CloudWatch log group for your Lambda functions.
AWS News Feed
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AWS Cost Explorer now provides more historical and granular data
Starting today, we are extending the history and improving the granularity of data available in AWS Cost Explorer. AWS Cost Explorer by default now supports 14 months of cost and usage data at daily granularity, up from 13 months.
AWS Step Functions now supports restarting workflows from failure
AWS Step Functions now allows you to easily restart workflows from their point of failure, so you can recover from failure faster, increase efficiency, and pay only for what you need.
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.
Build AI apps with PartyRock and Amazon Bedrock by Jeff Barr
If you are ready to learn more about Generative AI while having fun and building cool stuff, check out PartyRock.aws . You can experiment, learn all about prompt engineering, build mini-apps, and share them with your friends — all without writing any code or creating an AWS account.
AWS Lambda now allows to view and export the function’s template to AWS Application Composer
AWS Lambda Console now supports two new capabilities by integrating with AWS Application Composer, making it easy for developers to either build their serverless applications visually or through IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
AWS CloudFormation simplifies resource import with a new parameter for ChangeSets
AWS CloudFormation launches a new parameter for the CreateChangeSet API called ImportExistingResources that streamlines the process of importing resources into stacks.
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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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