The S3-to-Lambda Serverless Design Pattern

By Dustin Ward

The S3-to-Lambda serverless design pattern can become a flexible core for your serverless applications. In this pattern, you configure S3 to notify Lambda when events happen, to run your custom code. This video shows how this works in detail, reviewing the characteristics of both services, and how to use the integration for building highly scalable…

Serverless Speech-to-Text using S3 and Lambda

By Dustin Ward

See how you can use bring automated speech-to-text into your applications with minimal code. This solution uses Amazon Transcribe to automatically convert mp4 audio clips into text. This type of serverless application can analyze customer support calls, for example, and create a sentiment analysis using Amazon Comprehend. The walkthrough application takes the transcribed text and…

Azure Cost Management + Billing updates – April 2020

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management + Billing comes in. We’re always looking…