The way people communicate has changed over the last few years. When was the last time you called a service-number because you had a problem? For me, this is already years ago, and I most often use chat interfaces when they’re available. These new interfaces are usually automated to a Read more…
One of the challenges when working with the Serverless Framework and lambda is how to monitor your software. There exist various solutions for this, but nearly all of them require time and work to instrument your codebase. Today I will show you how in 2 minutes, with zero instrumentation, you Read more…
Update: This post is based on the beta version of Serverless Components, which is not compatible with the latest, and much faster, GA version. Please check out the latest docs for more up to date information. Two weeks ago we released a complete solution for deploying serverless websites that supports Read more…
We recently launched a few features which make troubleshooting Serverless Framework services much easier. Before diving into the details, I’d like to share a personal story. About three years ago I was vacationing with my family in Michigan. At the time I was acting as interim backend engineer for a Read more…
Thousands of developers are using serverless technologies to build web APIs. Tools like the Serverless Framework make it easy to build with foundational infrastructure like AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB to build REST APIs and GraphQL APIs. But monitoring these APIs is still a bit of a black box. Read more…
Update: While the general ideas of this post still apply, this post is based on the beta version of Serverless Components, which is not compatible with the latest, and much faster, GA version. Please check out the latest docs for more up to date information. Serverless Components allow anyone to Read more…
When we decided to launch and bootstrap CloudForecast in 2018, we faced questions that every startup face including “What’s the right way to build this product with our resources without creating technical debts for the future?” The “$100 Startup” concept Around the time we started CloudForecast, I was reading “$100 Read more…
Cloud computing introduced a drastic shift when it was first introduced in the early 2000s. Providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) finally made it possible to rent compute, storage and other web related services on a monthly or yearly subscription basis. Getting projects into production was a matter of Read more…