A common complaint I have heard about serverless applications is that they tend to look really complicated on architecture diagrams, with many moving parts. But does it mean serverless applications are more complex compared to their serverful counterparts? Before I get to that, let’s do a simple exercise. Serverful architectures Which of these two serverful … “Even simple serverless applications have complex architecture diagrams”, so what? Read More » Liked this article? Support me on Patreon and get d[...]

My Production-Ready Serverless workshop is back in January 2021 and will feature all the latest changes and features from re:Invent 2020. This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn best practices for building serverless applications by building an e-commerce solution from scratch. By the end of the workshop, you should have a clear idea when serverless is a … Production-Ready Serverless is back! Read More » Liked this article? Support me on Patreon and get direct help from me via a private Slack c[...]

I have some exciting news to share with you. That after some initial delays, the AppSync Masterclass is now open for Early Access with 40% launch discount. First of all, thank you so much for your patience, it’s taken us a bit longer than we expected but we’re here, at last. You can purchase the … AppSync Masterclass is open for early access! Read More » Liked this article? Support me on Patreon and get direct help from me via a private Slack channel or 1-2-1 mentoring. Hi, my name is Yan Cui. I’m [...]

Hi, welcome to another weekly update! Real-World Serverless podcast Since the last update, we have had quite a few new episodes, covering a wide range of topics: #25: Well-Architected Serverless with Heitor Lessa #26: Serverless chatbots with Gillian Armstrong #27: Serverless at A Cloud Guru with Dale Salter #28: Serverless Machine Learning with Carl Osipov … Weekly update 48 Read More » Liked this article? Support me on Patreon and get direct help from me via a private Slack channel or 1-2-1 mentoring.[...]

In most discussions about how to make programming better, someone eventually says something along the lines of "we'll just have to wait until deep learning solves the problem!" I think this is a naively optimistic idea, but it raises one interesting question: In what sense are programs created using deep learning a different kind of programs than those written by hand? This question recently arose in discussions that we have been having as part of the PROGRAMme project, which explores historical and phi[...]