Top Links from Issue #288

This issue was published on July 16, 2024

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Most Popular Links

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Dear AWS, please let me be a cloud engineer again
I’m an AWS Serverless Hero, principal engineer at an AWS centric logistics company, and I build and maintain https://aws-news.com. It’s fair to say that I am very interested in everything AWS does. But I fear AWS is no longer interested in what I do.

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7 practices I learned while developing applications with API Gateway service integrations
Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services offers several benefits, including improved performance and reduced costs. Let's explore some practices I've adopted when developing application backends, with a focus on DynamoDB. 1.

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Amazon GenAI Services by Corey Quinn
I know, I know–all of the industry is currently consumed by a paroxysm of GenAI hype; I’m not ignorant of this fact.

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The Many Facets of Coupling
My blog posts related to IT strategy, enterprise architecture, digital transformation, and cloud have moved to a new home: ArchitectElevator.com. Coupling is integration's magic word.

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Event Driven Architecture using Amazon EventBridge – Part 2
This post is co-authored with Andy Suarez and Kevin Breton (from KnowBe4). This blog post continues the discussion from Event-Driven Architecture using Amazon EventBridge – Part 1.

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.

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless levels up speed and efficiency with smart cach
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon API Gateway integration timeout limit increase beyond 29 seconds

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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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