PinnedAWS re:Invent 2022 — My Selection Of SessionsAWS re:Invent 2022 is getting closer. As the sessions registration opens on Tuesday, 11th October at 10AM PDT, I list here the sessions I will be keen to attend. re:Invent https://reinvent.awsevents.com/ Sessions catalog https://portal.awsevents.com/events/reinvent2022/dashboard/event/sessions The sessions below mainly include Breakout sessions and chalk talks — Session title, code, time, locationAmazon Web Services7 min readAmazon Web Services7 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyMore Than 10,000 Years Have Passed. Our Work-Life Balance Is Still In DisarrayIt was a pleasant spring morning. I closed the book as the train touched the long platform of my destination station. “How are you finding it?” — a curious voice came from the opposite seat as I lifted myself up. “Ah, yes, it’s quite interesting. I like books that go…Evolution10 min readEvolution10 min read
PinnedMy Serverless Contents!Serverless Development The FIRST Principles For A Successful Serverless Adoption Think Granular To Go Faster In Serverless — Part 1: Individuality Think Granular To Go Faster In Serverless — Part 2: Granular Mind The Significance of Solution Design in Serverless — Part I Capturing Solution Design Details in Serverless — Part II …Serverless Architecture3 min readServerless Architecture3 min read
Jan 11Member-onlyThe FIRST Principles For A Successful Serverless Adoption!Five years ago, at a conference, I watched someone live-code, deploy, and invoke a lambda function to show the audience Hello, Serverless! The speaker then proclaimed — Serverless is easy! Many continue to believe in that proclamation to this day. The ‘Hello, Serverless!’ Syndrome Writing a lambda function to show Hello, Serverless! is a…Serverless Architecture8 min readServerless Architecture8 min read
Dec 6, 2022Member-onlyAWS re:Invent 2022 — My Seasonal HighlightsThe world is asynchronous. The world is event-driven. — Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon.com It required a world stage to propagate asynchrony and event-driven architecture in our modern era of cloud computing. And that’s precisely what Dr. Werner Vogels delivered in his keynote at re:Invent 2022. As a cloud-scale conference…Serverless Architecture7 min readServerless Architecture7 min read
Nov 25, 2022Member-onlyThink Granular To Go Faster In Serverless! — Part 2: Granular MindsetIn this five-part series, we discuss Granularity to bring awareness and how it benefits teams adopting serverless. Part 1: Individuality Part 2: Granular Mindset Part 3: Breaking the Microservices Part 4: Fine-Grained Teams Part 5: Event-Driven Architecture In Part 1: Individuality, the focus was on single-purpose, single responsibility, and individual…Serverless Architecture7 min readServerless Architecture7 min read
Nov 11, 2022Member-onlyThink Granular To Go Faster In Serverless! — Part 1: IndividualityI often talk about Granularity as one of the main benefits of Serverless. Yet, it is not something widely spoken about or appreciated beyond the technical borders of serverless. In this five-part series, I bring awareness to this topic, especially to the new serverless adopters, and provide clarity on how…Serverless Architecture7 min readServerless Architecture7 min read
Jun 29, 2022Member-onlySustainability Patterns For Serverless Development — Data And StorageIn Part I: Think Sustainability While Developing Serverless Applications, we discussed why sustainability is applicable in serverless developments. In Part II: How To Build Sustainable Serverless Applications, we looked at the longevity of applications and ways to sustain them. In Part III: How To Practice Sustainable Development Processes In Serverless…Serverless9 min readServerless9 min read
May 18, 2022Member-onlyAmazon EventBridge Archive-Replay: An Experience ReportTo keep up with the evolution of serverless, we should be ready to embrace change. Two dates that have serverless significance to me are, July 10, 2019 — LEGO.com was switched to run on serverless. July 11, 2019 — EventBridge was announced at Serverless Days, London. Sensing the role EventBridge…Serverless Computing10 min readServerless Computing10 min read
May 5, 2022Member-onlyWhy Sustainability OF The Cloud Is Important To ServerlessIn Part I: Think Sustainability While Developing Serverless Applications, we discussed why sustainability is applicable in serverless developments. In Part II: How To Build Sustainable Serverless Applications, we looked at the longevity of applications and ways to sustain them. In Part III: How To Practice Sustainable Development Processes In Serverless…Serverless7 min readServerless7 min read
