Top Links from Issue #311
This issue was published on January 14, 2025
What's the next big cloud innovation? đŽ
In this issue, AWS launches a new region, the clock's ticking for Community Builder applications, and AWS loses another great serverless voice. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
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I spent 6 hours learning AWS Glue. Here is what I found
My name is Vu Trinh, and I am a data engineer. Iâm trying to make my life less dull by spending time learning and researching âhow it worksâ in the data engineering field.
5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need To Know About in 2025
JavaScript remains the foundation of modern web development — not because it’s convenient, but because it’s relentless. It’s the most adaptive, versatile language, shaping everything from enterprise-grade applications to cutting-edge browser innovations.
Open source all the way down: Upgrading our developer documentation
At Cloudflare, we treat developer content like a product, where we take the user and their feedback into consideration. We are constantly iterating, testing, analyzing, and refining content.
Managing Secrets in an AWS Serverless Application
In the era of serverless computing, developers are empowered to focus on writing code without worrying about the infrastructure. However... Managing secrets securely is critical to ensure your application remains safe and reliable.
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 DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time-recovery periods
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing general availability of AWS Chatbot SDK
Cloud providers are running out of ânext big thingsâ by David Linthicum
The root causes of the slowdown in innovation are clear. Market maturity indicates that the foundational issues in cloud computing have mostly been resolved. Whatâs left are increasingly specialized niche cases.
Invoking Private API Gateway Endpoints From Step Functions
At Re:Invent 2024, AWS announced EventBridge and Step Functions integration with private APIs. Thanks to this new feature, customers can now directly invoke APIs that are inside a private VPC from EventBridge (with API destinations), or Step Functions (HTTP Tasks).
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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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