Top Links from Issue #289

This issue was published on July 23, 2024

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Most Popular Links

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v1.0.0 🌈
Lightweight and type-safe query builder for DynamoDB and TypeScript - Release v1.0.0 🌈 · dynamodb-toolbox/dynamodb-toolbox

AWS Lambda vs. Cloudflare Workers Detailed Comparison
Explore the strengths and weaknesses of AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers in this in-depth comparison and determine which serverless platform best fits your development needs.

Event-Driven Magic: Exploring AWS EventBridge
Even though I’ve involved on a few event-driven architectures before, his words made me reconsider how we use event-driven architectures. The result? I’ve developed some impressive reference architectures utilising modern cloud-based tools and services.

Introducing the Netlify Frameworks API
At Netlify, we firmly believe that a diverse web is a stronger web. That is why we offer first-class support for a wide range of web development frameworks on our platform.

Is AWS Lambda a Halo Product? by Gregor Hohpe
What do a Toyota Supra, a Honda (Acura) NSX, a 11th Gen Thunderbird or a Cadillac Allanté have in common? They’re cool cars, featured state-of-the-art technology, got a lot of attention, and developed a devout fan following. But none of them very well, nor were they intended to.

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.

Preventing Multiple Processing of SQS Messages
Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. AWS Lambda can process messages from an SQS queue, making it a powerful combination for event-driven applications.

Unlocking High Throughput with Amazon SQS FIFO Queues by Marcos Henrique
In this post, you'll gain practical knowledge of how SQS FIFO works from a detailed perspective. You'll learn to achieve the highest possible throughput and configure it correctly with CDK TypeScript code examples. Marcos Henrique is a senior cloud engineer (a.k.a.

Optimising package size for Typescript AWS Lambda functions using serverless-esbuild
Here is how I reduced the package size of my lambda functions from 60MB per function to ~1MB and cold-start init times from 606ms to 291ms.

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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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