How to navigate CloudWatch logs effectively

By Dustin Ward

To get some serious work done, we usually need to prepare for it. Baby steps first, they say. In our niche, these “baby steps” would be countless small jobs that need to be done before we can start with our main project. Proper preparation (try saying this 5 times fast) is the key to success, but…

AWS Lambda use cases: 6 inspirational examples

By Dustin Ward

Since being launched in 2014, the AWS Lambda service has spread fast amongst developers and cloud architects, for it is easy to use, and there is a significant cost benefit (pay-per-use basis).  AWS Lambda is an Amazon Web Services serverless deployment platform that you can use in the AWS cloud environment with basically no overhead. It will save you much…

Serverless security hazards and trends to consider

By Dustin Ward

Fourteen billion dollars — that’s the projected global market size for serverless, which is supposed to grow by about 26 percent annually in the next few years, according to the recent Global Serverless Architecture Market report. The fast pace of adoption of serverless is hardly surprising because the technology can save significant costs for companies. It can…

Tutorial: Build Serverless functions with C#

By Dustin Ward

The world of cloud computing has been revolutionized by a solution called serverless computing. It has been an absolute joy for developers to use. Before this innovation, developers had to worry about the resources powering their code. Since the launch of serverless computing, the developer’s focus on operating-system and hardware architecture is now a thing…

AWS Lambda pricing explained with examples

By Dustin Ward

In this article we’ll go through the ins and outs of AWS Lambda pricing model, how it works, what additional charges you might be looking at and what’s in the fine print. Money makes the wold go round. Unfortunately, it is a necessity in almost all spheres of life. You can live without it or…