Top Links from Issue #93

This issue was published on June 9, 2020

The new Serverless LAMP Stack... 💡

In this issue, we get a new headless (and serverless) CMS, we learn why LAMP is nixing Linux and Apache, and ask the age old question, "Do you really need Kubernetes?" Read the full issue...


Most Popular Links

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Launching Serverless Headless CMS by Webiny by Sven Al Hamad
Have a look below on what’s included and how you can start using it today.

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Event Driven Architectures With EventBridge by Gavin Cornwell
I’m seeing more and more articles each week about event driven architectures and for good reason, they provide loose coupling of components, scalability and flexibility, essentially giving you an evolutionary architecture.

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Poor AWS Architectural choices by Brian Foody
Poor AWS architectural choices. We all make them. Lots of them! I, for some mad reason, chose Sydney as the central region of our global serverless infrastructure with a single replication region in Europe.

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The Ultimate Guide to Serverless Monitoring Platforms by Taavi Rehemägi
Technology touches almost every corner of the world economy. Even when it’s an indirect relation, in many cases tech is an essential, vital part of our societies. It just can’t fail without causing too much distress and losses. Not only financially, but especially to the human aspect.

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Introducing the new Serverless LAMP stack
This is the first in a series of posts for PHP developers. The series will explain how to use serverless technologies with PHP. It covers the available tools, frameworks and strategies to build serverless applications, and why now is the right time to start.

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.

Do you really need Kubernetes? by aws
When it comes to container orchestration, everyone thinks “Kubernetes!” After all, this is what the cool kids do. But as you guessed from the title of this article, you might want to pause for a moment before jumping on the bandwagon.

Consider DynamoDB for your next project
DynamoDB is a key-value store and document database managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Usually, we use it when implementing a caching layer or an application with a simple data-model that uses key-value lookups to fetch data.

Cost-Efficient Ways to Run DynamoDB Tables by Renato Byrro
As we all know, the on-demand capacity mode of DynamoDB is great but can be cost-prohibitive in some cases (up to seven times more expensive than the Provisioned Capacity mode).

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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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