Road to Serverless
A guide to getting started with serverless architecture, covering language selection, tools, and best practices for AWS Lambda.
A guide to getting started with serverless architecture, covering language selection, tools, and best practices for AWS Lambda.
Author discusses limitations of static blog posts for serverless performance reviews and proposes an automated, regularly updated website solution.
A developer details migrating a personal blog archive tweet automation script from a home server to Azure Functions, exploring serverless PowerShell.
Learn how to connect AWS API Gateway directly to SNS using a service integration, bypassing the need for custom compute like Lambda.
Part 2 of a series on AWS serverless architecture mistakes, covering design principles like single-purpose functions and designing for failure.
Explores common mistakes in AWS serverless communication with external systems like SQL databases, focusing on connection management and solutions.
Part 3 of a series on AWS serverless mistakes, focusing on cold start performance, language choice, and optimization strategies.
Part 4 of a series on AWS serverless pitfalls, focusing on cost estimation, billing attacks, and strategies to prevent unexpected expenses.
First part of a series on common AWS serverless coding mistakes, covering language choice, Lambda handlers, and package optimization.
The article argues that cloud computing initially failed its promise of abstracting infrastructure, but serverless computing (FaaS/BaaS) has finally delivered on that vision.
Final part of a series on AWS serverless pitfalls, covering unexpected behaviors in CloudFront, DynamoDB, Cognito, and AppSync.
Analyzes technical and cost scenarios where serverless computing, particularly AWS Lambda, may not be the optimal architectural choice.
Analyzes serverless vendor lock-in, arguing the real issue is dependency on cloud provider APIs, not function portability, and advises against over-engineering for agnosticism.
Argues for using TypeScript over YAML for cloud infrastructure automation, using a serverless URL shortener on AWS as a case study.
Explores the challenges of Kubernetes capacity planning and introduces serverless solutions like AWS Fargate to run containers without managing nodes.
A guide to implementing custom authorizers in AWS Lambda and API Gateway for centralized authentication and authorization in serverless applications.
A summary of key announcements and insights from the AWS re:Invent conference, as presented at a London event, focusing on AWS services and platform thinking.
A technical analysis of serverless HTTP function scalability, testing performance under high traffic loads comparable to StackOverflow across major cloud providers.
A guide to key Azure developer sessions at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour: Sydney 2019, covering serverless, security, data, and deployment.
A guide to building and deploying Python-based Azure Functions using Azure DevOps pipelines, updated for general availability.