In the last post, we look at how you can implement pub-sub with AWS Lambda. We compared several event sources you can use, SNS, Kinesis streams and DynamoDB streams, and the tradeoffs available to you. Let’s look at another messaging pattern today, push-pull, which is often referred to as fan-out/fan-in. It’s really two separate patterns …
All the videos from JeffConf Hamburg is now available on YouTube. You can also find slides and sketchnotes from the agenda page on their website. There were a lot of good talks to pick from, but here are my top 3. Simon Wardley : Why the Fuss about Serverless? (slides) Admittedly I have seen various …
I’m starting a new job at DAZN next week, exciting times! I’m looking forward to working in a very different domain, after many wonderful years in the games industry. Also, I’ll be looking for talented engineers to join my team. If you’re interested, then take a look at the job spec to get a sense of what the …
AWS offers a wealth of options for implementing messaging patterns such as pub-sub with Lambda, let’s compare and contrast some of these options. The pub-sub pattern Publish-Subscribe (often shortened to pub-sub) is a messaging pattern where publishers and subscribers are decoupled through an intermediary broker (ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, SNS, etc.). SNS + Lambda In the AWS ecosystem, the obvious …
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Since Dec 26th 2009, I have written regularly on this blog on a variety of technical topics. Suffice to say that I have had a lot of practice of technical writing! I love learning, and I love sharing. What I learn I like to share through writing, as it also helps me solidify my understanding too. …
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Today is my last day at Space Ape Games, and it’s been a wonderful year. I learnt a lot in my time here, and worked on some challenging technical problems. At the same time, I’m looking forward to starting a new adventure at DAZN and help them become the Netflix of Sports! I will be …
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Hello, the slides and recording of my talk — The present and future of Serverless observability — at ServerlessConf Paris is now available. Enjoy! :-) The present and future of Serverless observability from Yan Cui
Hello, the slides and recording of my talk – Serverless Design Patterns – at the London Dev Community is now available. Enjoy! :-) Serverless Design Patterns (London Dev Community) from Yan Cui
I have been thinking about different hosting options for this blog for some time, even just to stop my friends from joking about the fact that I have been so vocal about Serverless technologies and yet, my personal blog runs on WordPress! However, as someone who enjoys writing and have little interest in fiddling with …
“Guys, we’re doing pagination wrong…” These are the words that I had to mutter quite a few times in my career, at the dissatisfaction of how pagination had been implemented on several projects. Still, that dissatisfaction is nothing compared to how I feel when I occasionally had to ask “why is this API not paginated..?” So, …
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