The Serverless Framework remains a top choice for serverless development, as evidenced by the recent State of Serverless report [1]. Yet, its appeal has waned over time due to the lack of innovation in recent years, prompting users to explore other options. Recently, they announced [2] significant updates for Serverless v4: Fees will be introduced … Serverless v4 will start charging users, but that’s a good thing Read More » The post Serverless v4 will start charging users, but that’s a good thing appear[...]

Sharing code efficiently across different parts of an application can be challenging with AWS Lambda, especially when using Amplify. Today, I’ll walk you through a solution to this common problem, without relying on Lambda Layers or private NPM repositories. The Context In my previous post about Lambda Layers [1], I delved into its limitations, especially … Amplify: how to share code without Lambda Layers or private NPM Read More » The post Amplify: how to share code without Lambda Layers or private NPM [...]

Having taught thousands of students to build serverless applications via my online courses and workshops, I felt it was time to kick-start an affiliate program to boost sales. Affiliates would receive 50% of the revenue and get a 15% discount code for their audience. It feels like a good deal but I would need a … How I built an affiliate tracking system in a weekend with serverless Read More » The post How I built an affiliate tracking system in a weekend with serverless appeared first on theburningmonk.[...]

It’s a good practice to use CloudFormation’s DeletionPolicy to protect stateful resources such as DynamoDB tables or RDS databases from accidental deletions. Such as when someone accidentally deletes a CloudFormation stack! As I discussed previously [1], this is a much better way to guard against these accidental data losses than separating stateful and stateless resources … Help! How do I set DeletionPolicy to Retain for production only? Read More » The post Help! How do I set DeletionPolicy to Retain f[...]

Hi, here’s a quick round-up of everything I have done in September 2023. Podcast The first two episodes of this new format are available already: #82 – Big things are coming Lambda Powertools [Heitor Lessa] #83 – Unpacking Google’s latest AI announcements [Gerard Sans] The next episode with Charity Majors is airing on Oct 3rd … Monthly roundup – September 2023 Read More » The post Monthly roundup – September 2023 appeared first on theburningmonk.com.