LocalStack has come a long way in the past few years. If you haven't looked at it in a while, now's a good time to check it out - some nice features have dropped in v3.

youtu.be/BP2UZbB8PAI

A lot of folks are discovering this week that open source has just as much lock-in power 🫠

I've done some cool stuff with serverless, but this self-healing Lambda function remains one of my creative best.

It uses meta-programming techniques to adapt its own throughput based on downstream latency and error rate, and even circuit breaks!

theburningmonk.com/2019/05/a-self…

Going live with API Gateway and Lambda?

Not before you check out this checklist to make sure you're ready for it!

theburningmonk.com/2019/11/check-…

I spoke with @[email protected] 💙 about building faster serverless APIs, incl. making a more lightweight AWS SDK, functionless, WASM and more.

Have a listen, hope you enjoy it!

youtu.be/m3NiOHvKxfs

Good morning 👋 If you are at the AWS Summit London today and wanna see how I approach serverless development, especially getting a fast dev & test loop, then come check out my talk at 11AM in the Community Lounge.

Hope to see you there!

Lambda has a payload limit of 6MB. It's big enough for most workloads, but a stopper if you need to occasionally upload large files.

Here are 4️⃣ ways you can break through that ceiling.

theburningmonk.com/2020/04/hit-th…

Student: How can I handle when a Step Function execution times out? (using a Lambda)

Me: Here are 3 ways:

1. EventBridge (❌ Express Workflows)
2. CloudWatch Logs (a bit awkward to do)
3. Nested workflows (❤️ my fav)

More detail + honourable mentions 👇
theburningmonk.com/2024/04/how-to…

Busy week ahead! Hope to see you at one of these events to share some hard-learned AWS & serverless tips with you 😎

'Patterns for efficient serverless development'
Community Lounge at the AWS Summit London
Wednesday, April 24th, 11AM GMT

'What Causes AWS Lambda Cold Starts & 7…

I've seen many companies hammer their developer productivity by being overly restrictive with CI/CD roles.

Here's a more holistic approach that lets you keep the CI/CD role secure and your developers productive!

theburningmonk.com/2024/01/how-wo…

In the cloud, every architectural decision is a buying decision and choosing the wrong service can be an expensive mistake.

In this video, let's compare API Gateway REST APIs, HTTP APIs and ALBs from a cost perspective and when you should use which.

youtube.com/watch?v=cCSEBf…