Implementing CloudWatch-centric observability for Kubernetes-native developers in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedImplementing CloudWatch-centric observability for Kubernetes-native developers in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service This post was written by Seth Dobson (Southwest Airlines), Paul Ramsey, and Sheetal Joshi. The solution presented in this blog shows how large enterprise organizations such as Southwest Airlines can implement an end-to-end, Amazon CloudWatch-centric observability solution for Kubernetes clusters running on Amazon…

Python 3.9 runtime now available in AWS Lambda

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedPython 3.9 runtime now available in AWS Lambda You can now use the Python 3.9 runtime to develop your AWS Lambda functions. You can do this in the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK, AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM), or AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK). This post outlines some of…

AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports Capacity Rebalancing for Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAWS Elastic Beanstalk supports Capacity Rebalancing for Amazon EC2 Spot Instances AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Capacity Rebalancing for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups (ASG). This feature reduces Spot Instance interruptions to customers’ applications. When enabled, ASG Capacity Rebalancing is designed to automatically attempt to replace Spot Instances in an Auto Scaling group before…

Most efficient Lambda language

By Dustin Ward

To me personally, when I think programming languages I think JavaScript and while 67% of the developers out there might think the same (at first) that does not imply it’s the most efficient programming language to use with AWS Lambda. So without further ado, here we go. 1. Java Java has been in service for decades…