PinnedIntroducing multi-service deployments via Serverless Framework ComposeOriginally posted at Serverless We are excited to announce Serverless Framework Compose: a new feature enabling you to deploy multiple services in one command, in parallel, or ordered by dependencies! To use this new feature, upgrade the serverless CLI to v3.15 or greater and follow the guide below. Composing multiple Serverless Framework services Deploying multiple…Serverless Compose4 min readServerless Compose4 min read
Jun 3, 2022Serverless monitoring — the good, the bad and the uglyOriginally posted at Serverless on September 26th, 2017 Not so long ago, a job requirement pushed me into the world of FaaS, and I was thrilled. I had dreams of abstraction — eliminating all that tedious work no developer likes doing. “We are not operations engineers!” I exclaimed proudly. …Serverless Framework8 min readServerless Framework8 min read
Jun 2, 2022How To Manage Your Alexa Skills With ServerlessOriginally posted at Serverless on January 8th, 2018 Masashi here, creator of the Serverless Alexa plug-in. Serverless and IoT go hand in hand, and it’s easy to use the Serverless Framework to develop AWS Lambda functions for Alexa Skills. Unfortunately, you can’t control Alexa Skills with the Framework, which was…Alexa4 min readAlexa4 min read
Jun 2, 2022CI/CD for monoreposOriginally posted at Serverless on March 6th, 2020 This article was updated to reflect changes in the new dashboard at app.serverless.com When building serverless applications as a collection of Serverless services, we need to decide whether we are going to push each service individually to our version control system, or…Monorepo7 min readMonorepo7 min read
Jun 1, 2022Monitor and debug all serverless errorsOriginally posted at Serverless on September 12th, 2019 One of the most popular features of the Serverless Framework is its ability to provide monitoring with automatic instrumentation. …Monitoring4 min readMonitoring4 min read
Jun 1, 2022Efficient APIs with GraphQL and ServerlessOriginally posted at Serverless on July 23rd, 2018 GraphQL can be a tool for building enlightened APIs, but it can also be a source of mystery for developers accustomed to REST. In this post, I’ll talk about the motivations that might lead you to choose GraphQL, and how to serve…API7 min readAPI7 min read
May 31, 2022Challenges and patterns for building event-driven architecturesOriginally posted at Serverless on July 19th, 2017 Challenges with the Event-Driven Architecture In my previous post, I talked about how you can use DynamoDB Streams to power an event-driven architecture. While this architecture has a number of benefits, it also has some “gotchas” to look out for. …Event Driven Architecture8 min readEvent Driven Architecture8 min read
May 31, 2022Serverless Aurora: What it means and why it’s the future of dataOriginally posted Serverless on Dec 4th, 2017 AWS had their annual re:Invent conference last week (missed it? Check out our full recap). AWS Lambda started the Serverless movement by releasing Lambda at re:Invent 2014. …Serverless Framework6 min readServerless Framework6 min read
May 31, 2022Using TensorFlow and the Serverless Framework for deep learning and image recognitionOriginally posted at Serverless on July 24th, 2018 Deep and machine learning is becoming essential for a lot of businesses, be it for internal projects or external ones. The data-driven approach allows companies to build analytics tools based on their data, without constructing complicated deterministic algorithms. Deep learning allows them…TensorFlow6 min readTensorFlow6 min read
May 31, 20226 Things to Know Before Migrating An Existing Service to ServerlessOriginally posted at Serverless on August 7th, 2017 Last year, my company decided to make the plunge. We were going to go Serverless! Except…most of the resources about serverless architectures are about how to start from scratch, not how to migrate existing services over. We spent eight months figuring it…Serverless Architecture5 min readServerless Architecture5 min read
