Lambda function and EDA sits in the core #50
Often Serverless is more than Lambda, but we forget how Lambda with EDA plays in well
In the previous issue, Re:Think CDK and low latency runtime 🚀☁️ - Issue #49 we saw the new announcement of Low Latency runtime on JS and also SST a popular IaC tool revisiting their internals to use AWS CDK.
This issue focuses on how AWS Lambda function is at the core of event-driven architecture and how Lambda with other components is great at play.
📢 What's new in Serverless
API Gateway now supports TLS 1.3
Introducing pull request approval rules in Amazon CodeCatalyst
AWS Amplify Hosting announces support for custom SSL certificates/TLS
Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift in the US East (Virginia) region
Amazon CloudFront announces availability of Embedded Points of Presence
NoSQL Workbench for Amazon DynamoDB adds support for cloning tables
⭐ Pick of the month
This month’s Pick of the month is “AWS Application Composer“.
Arshad Zackeriya takes a dig into AWS Application Composer; shares his experience with App Composer in VS Code, and talks about how App Composer can generate IaC code for different AWS Resources as it supports 1K+ CloudFormation resources.
Jones Zachariah Noel (author) writes about how Application Composer + Workflow Studio works on VS Code that not only improves developer productivity but also creates IaC and ASL with best practices in the local project directory.
Arshard Zackeriya and Jones Zachariah Noel (author) are back on The Zacs’ Show Talking AWS where they discuss the reInvent ‘23 announcements of Application Composer, and Step Functions.
🚀 AWSome content to learn from
Ryan Cormack compares Lambda containers and zip Lambdaliths with thin functions that bring forth the results concerning cold and warm starts of container vs zip and Lambdalith vs thin.
DynamoDB Streams and Rust by Benjamen Pyle sheds light on how to work with changing data with Lambda triggers with Rust runtime that processes bulk data in seconds and can be a game changer for EDA.
Vadym Kazulkin is on a series about Data API for Aurora Serverless V2 with AWS SDK for Java that talks about the way SQL statements are executed with a run-down tutorial.
Matteo Depascale shares his experience of the next level of Serverless development with SST and TypeScript which also explains how to setup SST with its pros and cons.
Ran Isenberg’s Serverless API Documentation with Powertools for AWS talks about Powertools can help you generate the OpenAPI documentation based on the Lambda handler code.
Dhaval Nagar shares about invoking on-prem logic with AWS AppSync pub/sub that uses AppSync subscriptions to send real-time updates and also how AppGambit has evaluated other options for real-time data sync.
Abhishek Gupta has been on a 20-day DynamoDB adventure that walks through different APIs by DynamoDB.
Benoît Bouré explains how EDA with AppSync, EventBridge and Step Functions uses event-based real-time data with the new EventBridge AppSync integration.
Anna Pastushko’s Most frequently used Lambda anti-patterns sheds light on the different anti-patterns and the equivalent pattern to address the anti-pattern.
⚒️ What's happening with AWS Serverless tools
Zied Ben Tahar has published LLRT with terraform sample.
SLS-Mentor has a new update!
Open Construct Foundation launches community-driven CDK construct library initiative.
DynamoDB local is now available on Testcontainers for .Net and Go.
Edward McGrath has published MSK as an event source mapping for Lambda template.
Matthieu Napoli has built a website to show how Serverless apps scale.
🎙️ Podcasts and live-streams
Matt Gillard and Georgia L Smith talks about Intro to Serverless: From Glue Code to Innovation
Micah Walter talks about Running a Go Web Server on AWS Lambda.
🗓️ Mark your calendars
BelieveInServerless’ session about PostNL success with Serverless with Luc van Donkersgoed on February 29th, 2024.
AWS UG Pretoria is hosting Serverless ML meet-up on March 5th, 2024.
Sydney Serverless is hosting a meetup on March 7th, 2024.
ServerlessDays are happening -
ServerlessDays ANZ is happening in Sydney, AU (May 21st, 2024) and Auckland, NZ (May 24th, 2024).
ServerlessDays Belfast happening on May 23rd, 2024.
ServerlessDays Milano is happening on June 13th, 2024.
AWS Community Days happening -
ACD Bengaluru on March 23rd, 2024.
ACD Mumbai on April 6th, 2024 (CFP open until February 29th).
👨💻 Word from the author
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