This article is part of a series on Lift, an open-source project that simplifies deploying serverless applications. Thanks to tooling like the Serverless Framework, deploying serverless apps to AWS is easier than ever. However, some parts are still harder than they should be. This is why we started Lift, an…

If you’re an AWS Serverless TypeScript developer, here is a list of libraries you should know and use to improve your developer experience. The majority of the libraries listed in this article are runtime librairies rather than developer tooling. Middy.js Source: https://github.com/middyjs/middy

Since v1.72.0, the Serverless framework accepts serverless.ts as a valid service file in addition to the usual serverless.yml, serverless.json and serverless.js file formats. TL;DR A new repository is born this month in the Serverless organization. …

The popular Serverless framework allows you to use YAML or JSON to describe and version your infrastructure configuration. The serverless.yml or serverless.json file stored at the project root is used by default to provision any project using this framework. This is no revolution in the IaC frameworks world, where most…

A simplified AWS account management, with centralized billing and resource share, authenticated with G Suite identity provider As a tech lead for Theodo, an international software development agency, I rely heavily on AWS for web project hosting. Most of my colleagues do as well, especially as more and more projects go down a serverless architecture trend. Initially, Theodo was built around Google as it’s main identity provider…

Why Homekit? Homekit is a home accessories management framework developed by Apple. It allows Apple devices’ owners to control connected objects from different manufacturers using a single interface. It enhances Siri’s capability to interpret commands intended for those devices. Homekit is particularly interesting, over other connected objects protocols like Home Assistance, if…