The Serverless Blog, Newsletter and Podcast, as well as other open-source initiatives like sls-dev-tools & sls-test-tools, have always had the mission of sharing Serverless with as many people as possible. Today we’re happy to announce a new initiative aiming to increase access to Serverless-Transformation content by releasing selected articles in…

Today we’re very pleased to announce the alpha release of sls-test-tools — providing a range of utilities, setup, teardown and assertions to make it easier to write effective and high quality integration tests for Serverless architectures on AWS. We have a strong view that, where possible, testing of Serverless architectures…

Serverless changes how we build applications both technically and conceptually — the same changes will enable Edge Computing adoption. — On the Edge Edge Computing is a model in which computing and storage move closer to the end user. Currently ~10% of enterprise data is created and processed outside the traditional Data Centre/Cloud. By 2025 that’s predicted to reach 75%. Content Distribution Networks (or CDNs) represent the first wave of Edge computing. With…

Cloud Modernization approaches often lack the agility needed to ensure success and maximise value to users. Thinking in terms of events not only provides a path to state-of-the-art Event-Driven architectures, but also a non-terminal architectural destination ready to evolve with customer needs and technological advances. We need to move away…

The ephemerality of Serverless architectural components, coupled with the pay-per-use pricing model, allows us to have rapidly deployable, cheap and disposable environments when working with Serverless-First architectures. No longer are we constricted to Dev, Staging, UAT and Prod environments. Instead, we can have any number of environments that are isomorphic…

Adopting a Serverless approach simplifies an organisation’s path to data-driven Business Intelligence. — A full commitment to being data-driven can benefit organisations of all manners and sizes. A data-driven approach allows large companies to achieve effective digital transformation, whilst allowing smaller companies to productize their valuable data and effectively leverage the promise of artificial intelligence (AI). …

I build, write and talk a lot about Serverless applications. Using AWS Serverless services extensively with my clients and, for many applications, it’s the best technology choice. …

I build, write and talk a lot about Serverless applications. Using AWS Serverless services extensively with my clients and, for many applications, it’s the best technology choice. …

This article highlights a selection of open source tools to improve the developer experience of building with Serverless. Some of these tools are specific to AWS Serverless and the Serverless Framework. In no particular order… 1. Serverless Framework Plugin: serverless-iam-roles-per-function Ensuring least privilege permissions for Lambda functions requires ensuring it’s easy for developers to specify…