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article Issue #166
Aurora DSQL is ready for prime time!

Amazon Aurora DSQL went generally available last week, signaling a huge leap forward in distributed SQL.

June 02, 2025
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article Issue #165
Serverless .NET - a big win?

We had a surprising amount of .NET on Lambda content last week that makes you seriously consider it for future projects.

May 26, 2025
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article Issue #164
AI Agents. AI Agents Everywhere!

Last week was full of advancements in the world of AI. Specifically with agents.

May 19, 2025
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article Issue #163
Are you building Lambda functions the right way?

We have some great content from the community and an exciting beta release from AWS.

May 12, 2025
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article Issue #162
Let’s hear some new voices!

This issue is all about new voices in the newsletter. Let's celebrate emerging authors 🎉

May 05, 2025
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article Issue #161
Inline event handlers for published messages?!

A huge announcement was made by the AWS AppSync team this week amid a flurry of articles around MCP.

April 28, 2025
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article Issue #160
Easter week in tech 🐣

We had some fascinating articles last week ranging from low-level technical problems to existential serverless dilemmas.

April 21, 2025
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article Issue #159
Spring is in the air

With spring in the air, lots of innovation, excitement, and new releases are popping up!

April 14, 2025
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article Issue #158
Some cautionary tales

All that glitters isn't gold, as we found out last week.

April 07, 2025
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