Top Links from Issue #257

This issue was published on December 5, 2023

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Most Popular Links

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THE FRUGAL ARCHITECT
When designing, developing, and operating systems, consider cost implications early and continuously in order to balance features, time-to-market, and efficiency. Architect systems that align with the business model's profit levers to achieve economies of scale as revenue permits.

AWS announces Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon OpenSearch Service
Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon OpenSearch Service provides customers advanced search capabilities, such as full-text and vector search, on their Amazon DynamoDB data.

Announcing AWS Console-to-Code (Preview) to generate code for console actions
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced AWS Console-to-Code is in preview. It is a generative AI capability that makes it simple, fast, and cost-effective to move from prototyping in the AWS Management Console to deploying production code for your workloads.

myApplications: One place to view and manage your applications on AWS
Today, AWS announces the general availability of myApplications, a new experience in the AWS Management Console that makes it easier to manage and monitor the cost, health, security posture, and performance of your applications.

AWS Amplify launches next generation of backend building capabilities
Today, AWS Amplify announces a public preview of its code-first developer experience (Gen 2), enabling developers to build full-stack apps using TypeScript.

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.

Introducing Cost Optimization Hub
Today we are announcing Cost Optimization Hub, a new AWS Billing and Cost Management feature that helps you consolidate and prioritize cost optimization recommendations across your AWS Organizations member accounts and AWS Regions, so that you can get the most out of your AWS spend.

Introducing an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) extension for AWS Application Composer
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. launches the general availability of Application Composer in VS Code, available as part of the AWS Toolkit.

AWS Step Functions launches support for HTTPS endpoints and a new TestState API
AWS Step Functions announces support for HTTPS endpoints, so you can now integrate with virtually any SaaS application directly from your workflows.

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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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