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Using native ahead-of-time compilation (AOT) for AWS Lambda

How native ahead-of-time compilation (AOT) can be used to improve the cold start performance of AWS Lambda functions

27 February 2025

Fearless deployments with CodeDeploy

How using CodeDeploy for deployments reduced deployment time by 12x, downtime during deployments by 36x and enabled automatic rollbacks on...

24 July 2024

Modernising legacy software - the real deal

What are some of the key challenges and considerations when kicking off a large modernisation project? Here are 5 things...

15 July 2024

How to build a chatbot over a knowledge base using Generative AI and AWS

Are you looking to build a chatbot that can interpret customer information? Hoping to incorporate GenAI but don't know where...

25 March 2024

Eliminating additional bandwidth charges for multi-zone sites on Vercel

In this post we look at how you can eliminate additional bandwidth charges for multi-zone sites on Vercel.

19 December 2023

A beginner's guide to AWS best practices

Starting your cloud development career can be daunting, here's a beginner's guide to some AWS best practices.

12 December 2023

Key takeaways from The State Of DevOps Report 2023

The DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) research program has had a significant impact on the software industry over the last...

5 December 2023

How to test serverless applications on AWS

Testing Serverless applications can be difficult, in this post we share some real world advice on where to start!

2 November 2023

6 steps to becoming an AWS Solutions Architect

Looking to become an AWS Solutions Architect Associate? Follow these 6 simple steps and you will be well on your...

26 October 2023

The pros and cons of working with AWS Amplify

Speed vs Flexibility: What is more important to you and what are you willing to trade so that you can...

18 October 2023

How to test step functions locally

Have you built a Step Function with many steps, retries and end states - but you are left wondering, how...

26 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 3

In this post, we'll look at how you can encourage your team to adopt a Serverless mindset.

18 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 2

In this post, we'll be focusing on some key improvements we've made to the platform, particularly focusing on how writing...

11 April 2023

Zero to Serverless car insurance - part 1

Over the past 2 years we learned a lot about what it takes to build a Serverless platform; what it...

3 April 2023

How to avoid unnecessary NAT usage and reduce your AWS costs

How to reduce your AWS costs by avoiding unnecessary NAT Gateway usage

15 September 2022

How to pause a Step Function while waiting on a response from a third party API

In this post we explore how you can pause a Step Function, using Task Tokens, while waiting on an external...

3 August 2022

4 essential tips to apply when using AppSync & DynamoDB to build Serverless apps

AppSync and DynamoDB - can you name a more iconic duo!? In this post I'll cover 4 lessons learned when...

30 June 2022

How to deploy an AWS AppSync API behind WAF using CDK

In this tutorial, we’ll look at how you can leverage AWS CDK v2 to deploy an AppSync GraphQL API behind...

25 May 2022

How to virus scan S3 files with ClamAV and CDK

In this post we look at how to trigger virus scanning of files when they are uploaded to S3 utilising...

7 March 2022

Improving the CDK development cycle

Spend less time waiting on deployments with CDK hot swaps

25 February 2022

5 things you need to know when using AWS CDK

If you are working with Amazon's Cloud Development Kit (CDK), here are 5 essential tips and lessons we have learned...

24 January 2022

Building an OpenSearch Index from DynamoDB

In this post we will demonstrate how to set up an OpenSearch domain with a DynamoDB source

11 November 2021

Lambda Container Images

Ever wish you could combine the portability of containers, with the scalability of Lambda functions? Well now you can!

5 March 2021

An AWS Lambda Advent-ure in Python

Let’s build a web-based, programming-related advent calendar using AWS Lambda, Python, Google Sheets and CDK. No chocolates I’m afraid, but...

30 November 2020

Serverless BASH! Q&A With Chase Douglas

Missed the keynote Q&A session from Serverless Bash? We've put together a summary below:

1 July 2020

Is YAML Developer my next job title?

A brief exploration of CloudFormation from a developer's perspective.

23 June 2020

Thinking of the days, those serverless days you gave me

There’s something very special about a single-day, single-track, single-topic conference in your home city that offers a day of learning,...

30 January 2020

Using Native Dependencies with AWS Lambda

How to use native dependencies with AWS Lambda and Functions as a Service

7 August 2017

Docker - Simplifying a Developer's World

Installing stuff is hard. Installing stuff is messy. Installing stuff is time consuming/expensive. As a trainer, I...