Converting stateful application to stateless using AWS services | Amazon Web Services
Designing a system to be either stateful or stateless is an important choice with tradeoffs regarding its performance and scalability. In a stateful system, data from one session is carried over to the next. A stateless system doesn’t preserve data between sessions and depends on external entities such as databases or cache to manage state. […]
Databases have tables and indexes stored in files. As you create rows, the database system writes to data pages in memory which is then written to data files on disk. There is a problem though, what…
Introducing the Next Generation of AWS Amplify’s Fullstack Development Experience | Amazon Web Services
AWS Amplify just announced a public preview of a new code-first developer experience that empowers frontend developers to quickly build and deploy fullstack apps with their existing TypeScript or Javascript skills. The first generation of the tooling offered a tooling-first experience, using a CLI/Console-based interactive workflow to create a backend. Gen 2 transitions to a […]
Building Serverlesspresso: Creating event-driven architectures
Serverlesspresso is an event-driven, serverless workload that uses Amazon EventBridge and AWS Step Functions to coordinate events across microservices and su...
The Architecture of Serverless Data Systems — Jack Vanlightly
I recently blogged about why I believe the future of cloud data services is large-scale and multi-tenant, citing, among others, S3. “ Top tier SaaS services like S3 are able to deliver amazing simplicity, reliability, durability, scalability, and low price because their technologies are s
New for Amazon SQS – Update the AWS SDK to reduce latency | Amazon Web Services
With Amazon SQS, you can send and receive messages between software components at any scale. It was one of the first AWS services I used and as a Solutions Architect, I helped many customers take advantage of asynchronous communications using message queues. In fact, Amazon SQS has been generally available since July 2006 and, under […]
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A story about HTTP status codes and why you should read documentation
Learn four things to consider when building APIs related to HTTP status codes. And when consuming APIs, don’t do what I did. Read the documentation, understand how the API is designed, and code defensively around unexpected results.
Lessons Learned by a Software Guy Venturing into Hardware
I've been in the software game for almost 30 years professionally, with another 10 dabbling in programming. I'm one of those who think anyone can code, but creating a software product...
Microservices aren't the problem. Incompetent people are
There's been a lot of (deserved) criticism towards microservice architecture and how it's usually hurtful to the companies. However, I believe SOA isn't bad ...
Kick off those long-running tasks quickly and easily using an Event Driven solution leveraging AWS Web Sockets. No mess, no fuss and there is an entire CDK Construct for you to leverage so you can build your own in minutes - Just add long-running tasks!
This article will delve into serverless technology from both a business and technical standpoint, aiming to provide a more comprehensive understanding for everyone.