What AWS Lambda metrics should you definitely be monitoring?

By Dustin Ward

What are the crucial AWS Lambda metrics you should definitely be monitoring? Your application does not need to be “huge” for it to have enough functions and abstraction to get lost in it. As a DevOps engineer, you can’t cover every single factor. Showing relevant facts and asking the right questions is crucial! So when there’s a fire,…

AWS Well-Architected and Serverless Part V: Performance Efficiency

By Dustin Ward

And just like that – welcome to the last part in our “Well-Architected and Serverless” series. We hope it’s been informative, insightful, and fun for you, to explore the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework (WAF) with us! The Performance Efficiency Pillar The PERF pillar is all about using cloud resources efficiently. This also…

6 quick ways to cut cost on your Lambdas

By Dustin Ward

We’ve talked about how serverless architecture is a great option for companies that are looking to optimize costs. Just like with all app building and developments, monitoring the performance of your implementation is crucial and we, the folks at Dashbird, understand this need all too well — this is why we’ve spent the better part of…

AWS Well-Architected Framework in Serverless IV: Cost Optimization.

By Dustin Ward

This is part four of the “Well-Architected Serverless” series. In this post, we’ll talk about the Cost Optimization (COST) pillar of the Well-Architected Framework (WAF). The Cost Optimization Pillar The COST pillar concerns itself with the money you spend on your cloud infrastructure. It’s important to think about your system’s cost because, in reality, the…

How to Build, Deploy, and Debug a Food Delivery App on AWS

By Dustin Ward

Full article here: https://dashbird.io/blog/build-deploy-debug-aws-app/ The serverless technology feels as exciting and challenging as it was deploying our first app to the internet, seeing it come to life, work and also crash a lot. The latter happening more than we wanted at the begging, but later, when we managed to overcome that challenge, we felt like…

AWS Step Functions Error Handling

By Dustin Ward

If you think it’s possible to accomplish great things without going through numerous trials and errors first — you’re wrong. We learn to become better and more efficient through experience, and gaining experience requires you to make multiple attempts, but it also requires you to fail to learn from your mistakes. You’ll achieve greatness only once…