Top Links from Issue #305
This issue was published on November 12, 2024
The Real AWS Heroes đŚ¸
In this issue, CloudFormation deployments get an x-ray timeline view, users report Bedrock might be on shaky ground, and we celebrate the real heroes of AWS. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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AWS is killing customer AI apps without warning
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been riding the generative AI hype train hard lately. Roughly one third of sessions at the annual AWS re:Invent conference are currently tagged as AI/ML. That means that AWS must provide some great AI offerings in their massive catalog of services, right?
Get x-ray vision into AWS CloudFormation deployments with a timeline view
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Mountpoint for Amazon S3 CSI driver introduces new access controls for individual Kubernetes pods
EventBridge best practice: why you should wrap events in event envelopes
Step Functions, EventBridge, MSK, DynamoDBâŚstop hacking together AWS services and get back to building!
Announcing updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework guidance
This release includes new best practices and improved prescriptive implementation guidance for the existing best practices. This includes enhanced recommendations and steps on reusable architecture patterns focused on specific business outcomes.
When to use Light Events vs. Rich Events in Event-Driven Architectures
Donât reinvent the patterns. Catalyst gives you consistent APIs for messaging, data, and workflow with key microservice patterns like circuit-breakers and retries for free.
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.
AWS BuilderCards second edition at re:Invent 2024 by Jeff Barr
To date, more than 15,000 sets of BuilderCards have been printed and put to use over the course of three re:Invents, fifteen AWS Summits, and multiple community events. For example, here is a group of AWS enthusiasts having a good time in Tokyo during JAWS Days 2024:
5 Prompt Engineering Tips for Developers
How many times has someone asked you to do something without providing clear instructions? We often get mad in these situations because we canât read someoneâs mind. However, itâs hard to give clear instructions. Not just to you, your manager, or your friends.
How to Migrate from Serverless Framework to AWS SAM
Abstract: Migrating from the Serverless Framework to AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) can streamline your deployment processes by leveraging AWS-native tooling.
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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 âserver-fullâ 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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