What is serverless? Serverless is a cloud computing model that was first introduced by AWS in 2014 (AWS Lambda is the market leader to this day). It abstracts away most of the server operations to the cloud provider so developers can only focus on writing code and shipping new features. Serverless adoption is rapidly growing…
In this article, we will cover the basics of a Lambda function and its functionality in our every day digital lives. AWS Lambda, as we already know, is a compute service that allows you to run code without managing servers. AWS Lambda runs the code when it is needed, and it is automatically scaled. The…
If you’re like me, a sucker for event-driven programming, you’ll want to continue reading. Today we’ll take a look at triggering AWS Lambda functions from AWS SNS messages. I’ve covered a few interesting topics regarding serverless architectures and AWS already, but nothing like this yet. Dig down, and get ready. Let’s go. TL;DR What are we building? What is…
Did you get all the serverless updates from AWS pre- & re:Invent 2021?️ If you’re a 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁, we’ve collected the most important serverless updates from re:Invent 2021 you need to know about. Announcements, updates and more – serverless edition ↓ 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Transfer limits significantly increased: from Regions: up from…
Every couple of days you read about the “next big thing in [enter technology name here]” and it’s hard to tell if there’s anything behind those claims. Yet, I often suffer from a terrible affliction called FOMO — fear of missing out — which makes me spend hours upon hours testing the technology only to…
Both Amazon ECS and AWS Lambda were launched at the same time. They are both services and they are both offered by Amazon. A more generic term for them would be “cloud services”. So what is the difference between the two? Both services serve the same purpose: to offer an environment in which you can…