Top Links from Issue #284

This issue was published on June 18, 2024

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Most Popular Links

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Generative AI Is Not Going To Build Your Engineering Team For You
When I was 19 years old, I dropped out of college and moved to San Francisco. I had a job offer in hand to be a Unix sysadmin for Taos Consulting. However, before my first day of work I was lured away to a startup in the city, where I worked as a software engineer on mail subsystems.

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Top 10 common errors I wish I hadnā€™t made using SQS
Amazon SQS is a powerful service for messaging in traditional or Serverless applications, but it comes with its own set of challenges. I've compiled a list of common mistakes and best practices to help you navigate SQS more effectively.

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Coldstart Performance/Bundle Size Regression in 3.577.0#6144
Coldstart Performance/Bundle Size Regression in 3.577.0#6144 Assignees Labels bug This issue is a bug.

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SST Ditches AWS CDK: Time to Move on to Ion
Explore how SST shifted from AWS CDK to Ion, uncover the challenges of the old bucket construct, and see the benefits of starting new software projects with SST 3 Ion. As we all know, staying ahead means embracing the latest in technology and innovation fields.

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Detect malware in new object uploads to Amazon S3 with Amazon GuardDuty
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage

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.

Databricks Goes Serverless, Simplifying its Data Platform - Datanami

Release v2.146.0 Ā· aws/aws-cdk
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code - Release v2.146.0 Ā· aws/aws-cdk

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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 ā€œserver-fullā€ 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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