Whilst working on a client project, I ran into an interesting problem with AppSync which I couldn’t find an answer after a lot of googling. I hope this article can save you the same pain should you run into the same problem. The problem is that when you have a nullable nested field that you …
AppSync: skipping nullable nested resolvers by returning early Read More »
Lambda invocations are charged in 100ms blocks of execution time. But the cost per 100ms of execution time depends on how much memory you allocate to the function. The higher the memory, the more CPU cycles and network bandwidth, but the higher the cost as well. One of the simplest and most efficient cost optimization …
How to: optimize Lambda memory size during CI/CD pipeline Read More »
In this two-part conversation on Real-World Serverless, I spoke with Joe Emison about his experience with serverless and his latest venture, Branch, a home and auto insurance company that is built fully-serverlessly by a small team. Joe is easily one of the smartest people working with serverless technologies today and I’m very grateful that he …
Real-World Serverless: fully-serverless insurance company with Joe Emison Read More »
In the first-ever episode of Real-World Serverless, I spoke with Ricardo Espirito Santo about the state of serverless adoption at Zoopla – how they’re using serverless, their experience with it so far, and the challenges they have faced. Zoopla is a UK company in the real estate industry. They were founded in 2008 and their …
Real-World Serverless: state of serverless adoption at Zoopla Read More »
I’m excited to announce that my new podcast Real-World Serverless is LIVE! It’s a brand new podcast where I discuss real-world use cases and challenges with serverless technologies with engineers who are building stuff with them and get their stories from the trenches. The first episode is already live, where I spoke with Ricardo Espirito …
Announcing the new Real-World Serverless podcast Read More »
By now, you have probably heard that I’m running a number of public workshops all around Europe this year. How could you not, I have hardly shut up about it for a few weeks now :-P To help support the local communities and allow students and other under-represented groups in tech to attend and learn …
Diversity tickets for Production-Ready Serverless workshops Read More »
“What are the best practices that I should follow with serverless?” This is easily the most frequently asked question I receive. And I have spent the last couple of years producing contents that document these best practices as they emerge. But hard as I tried, these are scattered over many articles and video courses. While …
Well-architect your way to better serverless applications Read More »
So I have some exciting news for you! I have teamed up with my good friend and fellow AWS Serverless Hero, Ant Stanley, to launch my Production-Ready Serverless workshop on his brand spanking new training platform Senzo. We’re running a 2-day workshop in London on March 16th & 17th, you can learn more about the …
It’s been almost 2 weeks since I announced my new course “Learn you some Lambda for great good!” and the reception has been amazing with nearly 250 of you have preordered the course! I’m truly humbled by the faith all of you have shown in me. Of course, I have been working hard myself too. …
Hi, I have some exciting news :-) I’m publishing a new video course “Learn you some Lambda best practice for great good!“. You can preorder the course right now for the special price of £9.99 (~$13) while I’m still working on the content. The first batch of lessons would be available on the 17th Jan …
New course – Learn you some Lambda best practice for great good! Read More »
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