
AWS offers standard principles on how to design serverless systems. Discover how they translate into guidelines for architecting new projects.
read moreI build a lot of automated workflows. Across the suite of apps that powers Ready, Set, Cloud, I have a dozen or so mature, long-running automations that do some work, wait for something, then do more work. A great example is my newsletter. I often write it on Fridays and publish it on Mondays. After I open a PR for an issue, my backend service does some initial work, but it waits until Monday to send the emails and start analytics tracking.

AWS offers standard principles on how to design serverless systems. Discover how they translate into guidelines for architecting new projects.
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Infrastructure diagrams are great tools to describe all the resources contained in a service. Did you know you can automatically build them in your CI pipeline?
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Not all architecture diagrams serve the same purpose. This post breaks down five common diagram types and when each one is most useful.
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It might sound like a difficult task to send your outbound Lambda traffic through a static IP address. But don't worry, it's easier than you think.
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Large organizations use many AWS accounts to manage their applications. Learn how to share a lambda authorizer across all accounts so you only have to build auth once.
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Serverless is far from new, but it is still young. As adoption grows, new techniques and best practices have emerged to provide an optimal experience for your customers.
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Infrastructure as Code has been a game changer in the cloud world. But did you know you can automate creation of AWS resources?
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AWS is all about API development. But one thing that's harder than it should be is putting an API behind a custom domain.
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Every year I give my brother his Christmas gifts in an untraditional way. This year is the best yet.
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Integrations with external systems are never fun to implement, but they don't have to be difficult! Using a managed service like Amazon SNS makes it dirt simple to get you up and running in minutes.
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