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Using Golang for your AWS Lambda Functions

Xebia

I was sparked on a XKE to do a short experiment with using Golang for my AWS Lambda Functions. Tutorial Let’s deploy a small stack including a single Lambda function. But it contains the AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31 transformation. This allows you to use the AWS::Serverless::Function resource.

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How to Create Your First Lambda Function on AWS

MagmaLabs

In the beginning, the documentation for AWS LAMBDAS can be intimidating at times, but don’t worry, in this post, I will help you with the first steps to create an AWS LAMBDA Function. What’s a Lambda Function??. AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers.

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We are still early with the cloud

Erik Bernhardsson

But we don't: When I compile code, I want to fire up 1000 serverless container and compile tiny parts of my code in parallel. I'm excited for a world where a normal software developer doesn't need to know about CIDR blocks to connect a Lambda with an RDS instance. Fewer constraints. Lower costs. Vertical toys.

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Serverless is easier than you think

The Agile Monkey

When serverless pops up in conversation, there is sometimes an uncomfortable silence in the room. This is possibly because the majority of us don’t know much about serverless. Serverless is the new paradigm for building applications. Hopefully, you’ll know more after you read this post!

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Can’t-miss Serverless Sessions for re:Invent 2019

Stackery

re:Invent is more than a month away but there have already been some great guides for the event, and many of them focus on serverless. With AWS Lambda as one of the top technology keywords for this year’s event, there are many sessions to sift through – Here are some of my favorites. Danielle Heberling - Software Engineer at Stackery.

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From “Secondary Storage” To Just “Storage”: A Tale of Lambdas, LZ4, and Garbage Collection

Honeycomb

Enter AWS Lambda. Amazon’s marketing of Lambda focuses on its use cases for data pipelines and as the basis of serverless API backends, but doesn’t dwell on what the service actually is: CPUs on demand, sold in 100ms increments. This all happens concurrently, sometimes involving thousands of simultaneous Lambda jobs.

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Serverless *Can* Be for Everyone — Let’s Build It That Way

Stackery

Serverless can bring opportunities by making DevOps more accessible to folks new to the industry. But many technologists, seasoned or otherwise, hear a lot about serverless but don’t always know how to get started. For this reason, I quit my day job and attended a code school to become a software engineer. How I started.