AppSync now supports invoking Lambda resolvers asynchronously. This simplifies a common challenge in GenAI applications where we had to hand off the call to the LLM to a background function so we can stream the LLM response back to the caller. The post AppSync’s new async Lambda resolver is great news for GenAI apps appeared first on theburningmonk.com.

Here's everything I've been up to so far in 2024 - blogs, videos, podcasts, public talks, workshops The post 2024 update: Jan – April appeared first on theburningmonk.com.

Step Functions lets you set a timeout on both Task states and the whole execution. By default, an execution can run for a year if TimeoutSeconds is not configured. To a user, the execution would appear as “stuck”. Which is why AWS best practices recommend using timeouts to avoid such scenarios. But once you have configured a timeout for the execution, it's then important to consider what happens when you experience a timeout. In this post, let's explore 3 ways you can handle an execution timeout and use a [...]

A month ago, I shared how I built an affiliate tracking system in a weekend [1]. Since then, I’ve enhanced the system by integrating analytics reporting, enabling affiliates to gauge the performance of their URLs. In this post, I will describe how the system works and why I chose Amazon Timestream over DynamoDB.   How … How I implemented web analytics reporting with Timestream Read More » The post How I implemented web analytics reporting with Timestream appeared first on theburningmonk.com.

Hi, here’s a quick round-up of everything I have done in October 2023. Podcast We aired three episodes on the Real-World Serverless podcast: #84 – Charity Majors on Observability, OTEL, AI ops, DevOps and Friday deploys #85 – AWS CDK dos and don’ts with Matthew Bonig #86 – AWS Serverless Hero on adopting CDK in … Monthly roundup – October 2023 Read More » The post Monthly roundup – October 2023 appeared first on theburningmonk.com.