All 'serverless' related blog posts

Testing Step Functions Locally

Have you built a Step Function with many steps, retries and end states - but you are left wondering, how do I test this masterpiece to ensure it's as wonderful...

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Tom Bailey
26 April 2023

EC2 Charges - They are NAT a joke

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

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Emma Moinat
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 process to be completed

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Caleb Wilson
3 August 2022

AppSync and DynamoDB Lessons Learned

AppSync and DynamoDB - name a more iconic duo!? I’ll wait…

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Matthew Wilson
30 June 2022

Deploying an AWS AppSync API with WAF using CDK v2

In this tutorial, we’ll look at how you can leverage AWS CDK v2 to deploy an AppSync GraphQL API behind AWS WAF and use managed rules to protect against the...

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Ross Jenkins
25 May 2022

Lambda Container Images

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

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Matthew Wilson
5 March 2021

Serverless BASH! Q&A With Chase Douglas

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

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Zarah Akilagun-Thompson
1 July 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, a pint afterwards and home in time for the kids'...

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Ryan Adams
30 January 2020

Using Native Dependencies with AWS Lambda

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

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Eoin Mullan
7 August 2017