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Ready, Set, Cloud Podcast!Becoming a full-time serverless content creator with Yan CuiHave you ever wished you could quit your job and go create content all day long while working for yourself? You can! In this episode, Yan Cui joins Allen Helton to talk about full-time content creation and consultancy within the serverless world. The two discuss Yan's journey to greatness, weigh in on the use of generative AI when it comes to content, and cover tips and tricks to get better engagement.
About Yan
Yan is an AWS Serverless Hero offering training and consulting on AWS and serverless applications. With experience running production workloads at...
2024-06-2728 min
Smart Cherrys ThoughtsChatting with Founder of THEBURNINGMONK Limited, Developer Advocate at Lumigo,Host at Real-World Serverless podcast,Writer at Master Serverless Newsletter,AWS Serverless Hero- Yan Cui from NetherlandsChatting with Founder of THEBURNINGMONK Limited, Developer Advocate at Lumigo, Host at Real-World Serverless podcast, Writer at Master Serverless Newsletter, AWS Serverless Hero, Public Speaker- Yan Cui from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands- Yan Cui said about his work & answered some of my questions. more info at https://smartcherrysthoughts.com
2024-05-0152 min
The Reconfigured Podcast#27 - Yan Cui: Serverless on AWSToday's episode is with Yan Cui, Principle consultant at TheBurningMonk Limited. We have covered several topics related to serverless in terms of adoption, architecture, security, tooling and frameworks, testing and monitoring, and much more
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:54 Running a Consultancy Company
07:59 Self-Publishing vs. Working with a Publishing Company
11:25 The Value of Workshops and Courses
22:02 Working in different settings
25:43 Adopting serverless
39:13 Typical Serverless Architecture
44:37 Serverless Frameworks
57:28 Security Considerations in Serverless Architectures
01:00:28 Challenges and Limitations...
2024-04-121h 39
Cloud ControlEp. 12: Let’s talk serverless: A discussion with AWS hero Yan CuiIn this episode of Cloud Control, host Shon Harris engages with Yan Cui, an AWS Serverless hero and consultant, to explore the transformative world of serverless computing. Yan shares his journey from traditional infrastructure to serverless technologies, discussing the evolution of AWS and the pivotal role serverless plays in modern computing. They delve into practical applications, the impact of AI and ML on serverless environments, and the significance of community and knowledge sharing in tech. Yan's insights provide a deep dive into serverless architecture, its challenges, and future trends, making this a must-listen for anyone interested in the cutting edge...
2024-01-1751 min
Cloud ControlEp. 12: Let’s talk serverless: A discussion with AWS hero Yan CuiIn this episode of Cloud Control, host Shon Harris engages with Yan Cui, an AWS Serverless hero and consultant, to explore the transformative world of serverless computing. Yan shares his journey from traditional infrastructure to serverless technologies, discussing the evolution of AWS and the pivotal role serverless plays in modern computing. They delve into practical applications, the impact of AI and ML on serverless environments, and the significance of community and knowledge sharing in tech. Yan's insights provide a deep dive into serverless architecture, its challenges, and future trends, making this a must-listen for anyone interested in the cutting...
2024-01-1751 min
Cloud Currents06. Understanding Serverless: A Passing Trend or the Best Approach? with Yan CuiIn this episode, Yan Cui delves into the intricacies of serverless architectures. Learn how serverless computing is revolutionizing the tech world and what this means for the future of software development.
To learn more about Yan Cui, check out https://theburningmonk.com/
The Cloud Currents podcast is brought to you by TierPoint
2024-01-121h 01
Cloud Currents06. Understanding Serverless: A Passing Trend or the Best Approach? with Yan CuiIn this episode, Yan Cui delves into the intricacies of serverless architectures. Learn how serverless computing is revolutionizing the tech world and what this means for the future of software development.To learn more about Yan Cui, check out https://theburningmonk.com/The Cloud Currents podcast is brought to you by TierPoint
2024-01-121h 01
Be Curious With Shrishty#10 - The Burning Monk Chronicles: Unleashing Serverless Potential with Yan Cui, Principal Consultant and Inspirational EducatorYan Cui is an AWS Serverless Hero and the author of "Production-Ready Serverless" and "Serverless Architectures on AWS". Currently, Yan is a Principal Consultant at The Burning Monk Ltd. He has been building on AWS since 2010 and has taught thousands of developers, including me, through his online courses. I have taken two of his courses, "AppSync Masterclass" and "Production Ready Serverless," and my knowledge has increased significantly as a result.Yan has written over 150 articles on AWS and has spoken at more than 150 conferences. He is also the host...
2023-07-071h 20
The GeekNarratorServerless Architecture with Yan CuiIn this episode I talk to Yan Cui, who is an AWS Serverless Hero, all about Serverless technologies.
Chapters:
00:00 Serverless Architecture with Yan Cui
01:58 What do we mean by Serverless Architecture?
05:42 What is the core problem Serverless solves?
11:06 Do we need to think differently to be able to use Serverless?
15:27 What is the difference between serverless and managed services?
19:17 Is Vendor Lock-in really a problem?
27:42 Multicloud - Is it really worth it?
33:46 Is ColdStart a real problem? What kind of apps get impacted?
43:25 Monitoring serverless applications
48:22 Usecases when serverless may not be the best solution
54:27 Future of serverless
57:31 How...
2023-07-0359 min
Beyond CodingServerless, Microservices, Software Architecture and Food 😋 with Yan CuiI left in a bit more of the pre-show than usual, let me know if you enjoyed that part.
AWS Serverless hero (man that's a cool title 🤩), Yan Cui comes on to share his journey with Serverless and take on Microservices done right. We also discuss some interesting articles such as the Amazon Prime Video migration and the Hey.com article: Why we're leaving the cloud .
Enjoy! 🎙
Connect with Yan Cui:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/theburningmonk
https://twitter.com/theburni...
2023-06-0759 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#78: Out with legacy lock-in with Eduard BarguesIn this episode, I spoke with Eduard Bargues, who is a Principal Engineer at Ohpen, a cloud-native open banking platform.We talked about Ohpen's migration from EC2 to a mix of Fargate and Lambda, and along the way, we touched on many topics:migration patternsthe "serverless-first" mindsethow to choose when to use Lambda vs Fargatewhy monolith functions are painful and should be avoidedrecommendations and pitfallswhy you should build a DX teamWe also talked about how being cloud-agnostic makes you use the cloud in a way that is inefficient and creates many layers of unnecessary...
2023-05-1757 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#77: Microfrontends with Luca MezzaliraIn this episode, I spoke with Luca Mezzalira, who is the author of "Building Micro-Frontends" by O'Reilly, and a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS focusing on serverless.We talked about micro-frontends and dived deep into his experience with them at both DAZN and AWS. We got a high-level overview of micro-frontends: what it is, how they work, and who should adopt micro-frontends. And why it worked out so well at DAZN, which had the challenge of supporting more than a dozen of devices including set-top boxes with custom versions of HTML!We were also...
2023-05-0359 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#76: Optimizing AWS cost with Erik PetersonIn this episode, I spoke with Eric Peterson who is the founder and CTO of CloudZero, a leading vendor that helps AWS customers reign in their AWS spending by revealing hidden savings and preventing costly mistakes.We discussed a range of topics, including common mistakes AWS users make and how CloudZero once saved a customer potentially a million-dollar on CDN bills by alerting them of spending abnormalities early.We also talked about the trade-off between having cloud cost controls and the cost overhead they add. We talked about FinOps and how CloudZero can understand the...
2023-04-1950 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#75: Building open source community around SST with Dax RaadIn this episode, I spoke with Dax Raad to talk about SST and the challenges of building an open-source community. Honestly, I think AWS can learn a thing or two from Dax's approach towards open-source, an approach that puts the needs of the customers first at the cost of the convenience of the maintainers.We talked about some shortcomings of CDK, the origin of SST and what problems it's supposed to solve; who are the intended users; and how SST differs from other simpler products on the market.We talked about Dax's journey into serverless, v...
2023-04-0547 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#74: The Litmus test for serverless with Kirk KirkconnellIn this episode, I spoke with Kirk Kirkconnell to talk about his experience with database technologies and serverless. Kirk had been involved with databases his whole career, including recently with the DynamoDB and Momento teams.We talked about single table design with DynamoDB - when to use it and some common drawbacks to consider. We discussed the strength and weaknesses of DynamoDB DAX and when to use it vs a general-purpose caching solution like Momento.But the big discussion was about the rise of faux serverless services and the important, yet often underrated role of...
2023-03-2132 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#73: Innovating a 175 years old company with serverless with Vijai RamcharanIn this episode, I spoke with Vijai Ramcharan to talk about his experience with introducing serverless at NN, a 175 years-old financial services company based in the Netherlands.We touched on many topics, from changing existing mindsets and training engineers about AWS and serverless, to vendor lock-in and challenges with adopting serverless at the enterprise scale.Links from the episode:Vacancies at NNVijai's article on kickstarting serverless adoption at NNWerner Vogel's keynote at re:invent 2022Gregor Hophe's talk on Modern cloud applications: Do they lock you in?This episode is sponsored by Momento
2023-03-0838 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#72: Master IAM with Rowan UdellIn this episode, I caught up with Rowan Udell to talk about his book The Practical AWS IAM Guide and get his takes on IAM best practices.Links from the episode:AWS IAM AnalyzerCloudsplainingIAM livePermissions.CloudTrackIAMAWS services that work with IAMThis episode is sponsored by Momento. Get all the benefits of database caching and none of the operational headache with Momento Serverless Cache. Start free at gomomento.co/realworld. For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and...
2023-02-2240 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#71: Avoiding common AWS mistakes with Ben BridtsIn this episode, I caught up with Ben Bridts, who is an AWS Community Hero and consultant at Cloudar in Belgium.We talked about many topics, including common mistakes companies make in AWS; the problems with AWS Organizations; pitfalls with platform teams; and some success stories from his work as a consultant.Links from the episode:Alex DeBrie's post on GraphQL and Single-table designFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up...
2022-12-1445 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#70: Serverless at LEGO with Sarah HamiltonIn this episode, I caught up with Sarah Hamilton, who is an AWS Community Builder and a software engineer at LEGO.We talked about her journey into serverless and LEGO's serverless adoption has changed since I spoke with Sheen and Nicole on this podcast. In the two years since they have grown from 6 features teams to over 25, all focused on serverless technologies. We also talked about some of Sarah's previous work, especially a project where she used Step Functions, and her approach towards testing Step Functions.Links from the episode:Sarah's talk on advanced...
2022-11-3033 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#69: Teaching the world about Serverless with Sam WilliamsIn this episode, I spoke with Sam Williams, who runs the Complete Coding YouTube channel where he teaches about AWS and Serverless. He recently published a new video course called "Master AWS Serverless with 7 Real World Projects" and shared some helpful tips on picking the right course and how you can get the most from these courses.Sam is also a serverless consultant and has helped many startups adopt serverless technologies successfully. We also discussed why it's a no-brainer for startups to choose serverless over containers nowadays!Links from the episode:Sam's new video...
2022-11-1633 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#68: Event-driven architecture at PostNL with Luc van DonkersgoedIn this episode, I spoke with AWS Serverless Hero Luc van Donkersgoed about how PostNL is using serverless technologies and discussed the challenges of building event-driven architectures and how PostNL tackles problems such as schema validation and testing.Links from the episode:Build cloud-native apps with Serverless interaction testingIT vacancies at PostNLAWS Distro for OpenTelemtryAWS X-Ray vs LumigoMy upcoming Testing Serverless Architectures video courseFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up your AWS...
2022-11-0245 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#67: High-Performance Computing with serverless at scale with Eoin ShanaghyIn this episode, I caught up with Eoin Shanaghy to talk about his work at FourTheorem, a boutique consultancy based out of Ireland. We touched on many topics, including the challenges for serverless adoption at enterprises and a super interesting client project he worked on, which involved using serverless at scale in a high-performance computing environment.Links from the episode:FourRheorem websiteAWS Bites#39: Fighting COVID with serverless with Denis BauerFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast....
2022-09-0737 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#66: Understanding team topologies with Nick Tune and Kacper GuniaIn this episode, I spoke with Nick Tune and Kacper Gunia to talk about Team Topologies, i.e. how to structure businesses and teams so that you can get stuff done faster. Companies often struggle to adopt modern software development practices and technologies because their team structures are misaligned with the practices they're trying to adopt. In this conversation, we will discuss what is team topologies, having the right incentives and funding models for teams, common anti-patterns, the problems with scrum and so much more! Links from the episode:London DDD meetup groupIndependent Value Streams with D...
2022-08-2435 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#65: Finding success on AWS IQ with Adam ElmoreIn this episode, I caught up with Adam Elmore (@aeduhm), AWS DevTools Hero and an active member of the AWS community. We talked about how he passed all 12 AWS certifications in 2 weeks and how they have helped him find success on the AWS IQ platform. We also touched on his new project, public.dev, the general lack of performance-focused site builders, live streaming on Twitch and his plans for a new video course.Links from the episode:Adam's Twitch channelAWS IQpublic.devAppSync MasterclassFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please...
2022-08-1749 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#64: Revolutionising scientific experiments with Emerald Cloud LabLinks from the episode:AWS Startup blog: how Emerald Cloud Lab is revolutionizing the laboratory using AWSwww.emeraldcloudlab.comFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2022-07-0627 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#63: CDK at Liberty Mutual with Kristi PrreaultLinks from the episode:Kristi's articles on dev.toKristi's medium blogWomen Impact Tech conference in DenverServerlessDays DenverServerless Denver user groupBusiness Insider article by KristiFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2022-06-2230 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#62: Solve the challenges with serverless caching with Khawaja ShamsLinks from the episode:momentohq.commomento client examplesmeta engineering blog - introducing mcroutermcrouter repoFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2022-06-0132 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#61: Serverless at SlidebeanLinks from the episode:slidebean.comrecurring.coFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2022-04-0629 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#60: Building a serverless payment platform at MelioYou can follow Omer Baki and Or Cohen on social media here:Omer Baki - LinkedInOr Cohen - LinkedInLinks from the episode:How we built Melio's payments platform on AWS ServerlessMelio's R&D blogFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495...
2022-03-2344 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#59: Introduction to web3 with Nader DabitYou can follow Nader on twitter as @dabit3Links from the episode:Nader's youtube channelThe Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 DevelopmentSolidify by ExampleEthereum Dev Speed RunThe Developer DAO twitter profileThe Developer DAO hackathonFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday...
2022-03-0938 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#58: Building a serverless crypto platform with Louis QuaintanceYou can find Louis on LinkedIn here.Links from the episode:LumigoACQU's websiteACQU's LinkedIn pageFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2022-01-1237 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#57: Serverless at Purple Technology with Filip PyrekYou can find Filip on Twitter as @FilipPyrekLinks:Purple Technology blogServerless Brno user groupOpen roles at Purple TechnologyFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-11-2423 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#56: Serverless at TacoBell with Robbie KohlerYou can find Robbie on LinkedIn here and links to his "This is my architecture" sessions with AWS below.Links:AppSync MasterclassTacoBell, this is my architecture (Aurora)TacoBell, this is my architecture (order middleware)Jobs at TacoBellFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io...
2021-09-2241 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#55: Serverless at Theodo with Ben EllerbyYou can find Ben on Twitter as @EllerbyBen and click here for the open positions at Theodo.Links:sls-dev-tools: think Chrom dev tool but for serverlesssls-test-tools: utilities for testing serverless appsstackoscope: detect misconfiguration for serverless componentsFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495...
2021-06-2343 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#54: Serverless testing with Paul SwailYou can find Paul on Twitter as @paulswail and Links:Paul blogs at serverlessfirst.comPaul's upcoming book Serverless Test HandbookFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-06-1635 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#53: Fighting DDOS at Fathom with Jack EllisYou can find Jack on Twitter as @JackEllis.Links:Jack's post about DDOS on FathomAWS Well-Architected frameworkServerless Laravel courseFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-05-2632 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#52: Talking DynamoDB with Alex DeBrieYou can find Alex on Twitter as @alexbdebrie.Links:The DynamoDB BookThe DynamoDB Guide (free)Alex's blogDynobaseEp49: Making DynamoDB more accessible with Rafal WilinskiThe AppSync MasterclassFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-05-0551 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#51: Real-world serverless at Amplyfi with Liam BetsworthYou can find Liam on Twitter here and LinkedIn here.To learn more about Amplyfi and their services, please go to https://amplyfi.comAnd here's the post I mentioned in the chat about the DDOS attack that Fathom experienced.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday...
2021-04-2136 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#50: Making serverless more accessible for frontend engineers with Swizec TellerYou can find Swizec on Twitter as @Swizec.Check out his new book Serverless Handbook here and his blog at swizec.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://c...
2021-03-3137 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#49: Making DynamoDB more accessible with Rafal WilinskiYou can find Rafal on Twitter as @rafalwilinski.Links:Dynobase - professional DynamoDB UI clientOpen positions at StediRafal's blogThe DynamoDB book by Alex DebrieAppSync MasterclassFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-03-0347 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#48: Serverless at scale at Prosieben TV with Daniele FrascaYou can find Daniele on Twitter as @dfrasca80 and on LinkedIn.You can see open positions at Prosieben on this site.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-02-1744 min
Talking Serverless#33 - Yan Cui Returns!Yan Cui is back for a second round! Ryan Jones sits down with the AWS Serverless Hero, author, and podcast host to discuss his AppSync Masterclass course, no-code vs. low-code, the abstraction of CloudFormation, and much more. Dive into the rabbit hole of serverless with us on this loaded episode that you won't want to miss.
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2021-02-1151 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#47: Building an Instagram for DJs with FaunaDB with Keston CrandallYou can find Keston on Linkedin or by email at keston@squirb.com.Check out Squirb at www.squirb.com and FaunaDB at fauna.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-02-0322 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#46: Serverless at Polestar with Anders QuistYou can find Anders on Twitter as @ea_quist and on Linkedin.Here are the links to things we discussed in the episode:Polestar, a Swedish car company where Anders workGraphQL Mesh, an interesting technology similar to Apollo FederationTo learn more about opportunities at Polestar, please get in touch with Anders at anders@qinfo.se.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out...
2021-01-2738 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#45: Real-World Serverless with Nick van HoofYou can find Nick on Twitter as @TheNickVanHoof.Here are the links to things we discussed in the episode:Nick’s blogCloudway - a Serverless-focused consultancy where Nick used to workAppSync Masterclass, from yours truly ;-)Middy’s validator middleware - for doing response validationLumigo, the best observability platform for serverless applicationsServerlessDays Belgium meetupFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.
2021-01-201h 04
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#44: Real-World Serverless with Ryan JonesYou can find Ryan on Twitter as @ryanjonesirl.Get in touch with Ryan and the team at ServerlessGuru at https://serverlessguru.com and check out their podcast TalkingServerless.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2021-01-1347 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#43: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 2)You can find Ant on Twitter as @IamStan.Links to things we discussed in the episode:re:invent 2020 in review (serverless) with me and Ant Stanleyre:invent 2020 in review (containers) with Ant Stanley and Vlad IonescuAnt's new Interrupt publicationmidway framework by TencentHow a company racked up $72,000 in GCP bills overnightSenzo workshops in January:Production-Ready Serverless by meRunning containers on AWS by Vlad IonescuTesting Serverless Applications by Slobodan Stojanovic and Aleksandar SimovicNode.js for Serverless by Ant StanleyFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us...
2020-12-3027 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#42: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 1)You can find Ant on Twitter as @IamStan.Links to things we discussed in the episode:re:invent 2020 in review (serverless) with me and Ant Stanleyre:invent 2020 in review (containers) with Ant Stanley and Vlad IonescuAnt's new Interrupt publicationmidway framework by TencentHow a company racked up $72,000 in GCP bills overnightSenzo workshops in January:Production-Ready Serverless by meRunning containers on AWS by Vlad IonescuTesting Serverless Applications by Slobodan Stojanovic and Aleksandar SimovicNode.js for Serverless by Ant StanleyFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us...
2020-12-2336 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#41: The future of JVM on Lambda with Vadym KazulkinYou can find Vadym on Twitter as @VKazulkin and on LinkedIn here.Here are the frameworks that Vadym mentioned in the show:GraalVMMicronaut frameworkQuarkusFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-12-1638 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#40: Serverless at Space Ape Games with Louis McCormackYou can find Louis on Twitter as @louism517 and on LinkedIn here.See open positions at Space Ape Games here and To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-12-0945 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#39: Fighting COVID with serverless with Denis BauerYou can find Denis on Twitter as @allPowerde and on LinkedIn here.Find out more about the work Denis and CSIRO at bioinformatics.csiro.au.To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org...
2020-12-0239 min
Exploiting with Teja KummarikuntlaYan Cui: On Becoming an AWS Servlerless HeroWhat does it take to be consistent on a certain technology and build a career with valiant efforts?
Yan Cui, AWS Servels Hero, Developer Advocate at lumigo.io and helping companies around the world adopt serverless as an independent consultant and the host of the Real-world serverless podcast shared his journey behind becoming a burning monk in the cloud ecosystem
Book: Serverless Architectures on AWS, Second Edition | Manning Publications
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Blog: https://theburningmonk.com/
Podcast: https://realworldserverless.com
Masterclass: http://appsyncmasterclass.com
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2020-11-3056 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#38: Serverless in the Enterprise with Mike RobertsYou can find Mike on Twitter as @mikebroberts on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Mike's new book, Programming Lambda in JavaJeremy Daly's podcast with Mike on ServerlessChatsMike's YouTube channelMike's blogTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495...
2020-11-1820 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#37: Programming Lambda in Java with Mike RobertsYou can find Mike on Twitter as @mikebroberts on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Mike's new book, Programming Lambda in JavaJeremy Daly's podcast with Mike on ServerlessChatsMike's YouTube channelMike's blogTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495...
2020-11-1132 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#36: Serverless at New10 with Ricardo TorresYou can find Ricardo on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Middy middleware engine for javascript functionPackagephobia to find the cost of adding new dependency to your projectVacancies at New10To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
2020-11-0453 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#35: Serverless at MatHem with Lars JacobssonYou can find Lars on Twitter as @lajacobsson and on LinkedIn here.Here are the tools we talked about in the episodeLar's github reposaws-tools repoes on GithubCloudFormation to draw.io generator: cfn-diagramIAM policy builder: iam-policies-cliSAM policy builder: sam-policies-cliEventBridge pattern creator and schema browser: evb-cliEventBridge local debugger: evb-localVS Code plugin for adding codelens actions to cfn templatesLumigo-CLICheck out opportunities at MatHem here.To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please...
2020-10-2839 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#34: Survive AWS information overload with Ken RobbinsYou can find Ken on Twitter as @CloudPegboard and on LinkedIn here.He blogs on medium as well as his own website:https://medium.com/@kenrobbinshttps://medium.com/cloudpegboardhttps://cloudpegboard.comTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...
2020-10-2146 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#33: Serverless at Custom Ink with Ken CollinsYou can find Ken on Twitter as @metaskills.To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-10-1443 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#32: Serverless chatbot with Michael WittigYou can find Michael on Twitter as @hellomichibye and on LinkedIn here.Here are the links for some of the things we discussed during the show:MarbotThe Cloudonaut blogAmazon Web Services in Action, Second EditionMichael's other books and video coursesServerless Architectures on AWS, Second EditionTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod...
2020-10-0741 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#31: Stop forum spammers at the edge with CloudFlare WorkersFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-09-3027 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#30: Serverless at TIKD with Marcelo OlivasYou can find Marcelo on Twitter as @mfolivas and on Linkedin here.To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-09-2320 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#29: SAM 1.0 with Alex WoodYou can find Alex on Twitter as @alexwwood he blogs at alexwood.codes.We discussed the Amazon Builder's Library here and the SAM's repos below:SAM GitHub: https://aws.amazon.com/builders-librarySAM CLI GitHub: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cliFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.This episode is sponsored by ChaosSearch.Have you heard about ChaosSearch? It’s the fully ma...
2020-09-1638 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#28: Serverless Machine Learning with Carl OsipovYou can find Carl on LinkedIn here and he blog at cloudswithcarl.com.You can find his upcoming book "Cloud Native Machine Learning" by Manning here.Manning has kindly offered 40% off all their products to the listeners of this podcast. Use the promo code podrealserv20 during check out.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.This episode is sponsored by ChaosSearch...
2020-09-0941 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#27: Serverless at A Cloud Guru with Dale SalterYou can find Dale Salter on Twitter as @enepture.We spoke extensively about GraphQL in this episode. If you want to learn GraphQL and AppSync with a hands-on tutorial, then check out the AppSync Masterclass.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.This episode is sponsored by ChaosSearch. Have you heard about ChaosSearch? It’s the fully managed log analytics platform that uses your Amazon S3 storage as the da...
2020-09-0243 min
The InfoQ PodcastYan Cui on Serverless Orchestration & Choreography, Distributed Tracking, Cold Starts, and moreToday on the InfoQ Podcast, Yan Cui (a long time AWS Lambda user and consultant) and Wes Reisz discuss serverless architectures. The conversation starts by focusing on architectural patterns around choreography and orchestration. From there, the two move into updates on the current state of serverless cold start times, distributed tracing, and state. Today’s podcast, while not specific to AWS, does lean heavily on Yan’s expertise with AWS and AWS Lambda.
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2020-09-0124 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#26: Serverless chatbots with Gillian ArmstrongYou can find Gillian on Twitter as @virtualgill.Liberty Mutual is hiring, check out their jobs:UK/Ireland: https://www.liberty-it.co.uk/current-vacanciesUS: https://jobs.libertymutualgroup.com/careers/digital-technologyClick here to listen to episode #18 where we discussed voice technologies with Aleksandar Simovic.If you want to learn how to apply the well-architected principles to build production-ready serverless applications, then check out my upcoming workshops at productionreadyserverless.com and get 15% OFF with the promo code "yanprs15".For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please...
2020-08-2635 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#25: Well-Architected Serverless with Heitor LessaYou can find Heitor on Twitter as @heitor_lessa.Here are the resources that were mentioned during the show:Well-Architected frameworkWell-Architected framework Serverless Application LensThe serverless-airline example projectThe serverless-ecommerce example projectThe CDK Patterns project by Matt CoulterHow Alma Media is using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)AWS Lambda Powertools (Python)DAZN Lambda Powertools (Node.js)Amazon Leadership PrinciplesAnd check out the episode with Alma Media which was mentioned in this week's episode: #23: Serverless at Alma Media with Ari PaloIf you want to learn how to apply the well-architected principles d...
2020-08-1943 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#24: Serverless at Stedi with Zack KanterYou can find Zack on Twitter as @zackkanter.Here is the ARC410 session from re:invent 2019 that Zack mentioned in the show.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-08-1248 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#23: Serverless at Alma Media with Ari PaloYou can find Ari Palo on Twitter as @aripalo and his LinkedIn profile here.Also, check out his new blog at aripalo.com.Here are links to the tools we mentioned in the show:lumigo-cliaws-lambda-power-tuningdazn-lambda-powertoolsAnd the previous episodes we touched on:#12: Serverless at LEGO with Nicole Yip and Sheen Brisals#3: Building a fully serverless insurance company with Joe EmisonNOTE: since we recorded the show, AppSync has added caching support for nested resolvers!For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us...
2020-08-0551 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#22: Real-World Serverless with Gojko AdzicYou can find Gojko Adzic on Twitter as @gojkoadzic and his books:Impact MappingSpecification by ExampleRunning ServerlessCheck out his latest projects:MindMupVideo PuppetIn the show, we also talked about the Ports and Adapter (or Hexagonal Architectures) pattern, which you can read more about here. This topic was also explored in length during Episode 18 with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan Stojanovic.If you want to have an easier time debugging serverless applications, then also check out Lumigo, and you can get 15% off your monthly bill with the...
2020-07-2949 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#21: From K8 to Serverless at Wealth WizardsYou can find Ionut Craciunescu on Twitter as @icraciunescu. Check out his medium posts here. You can also find Wealth Wizard's engineering blog here, and their GitHub projects here.This is the talk by Simon Wardley that Ionut mentioned in the episode:Crossing the River by Feeling the StonesAnd here is the earlier episode where I talked about FinDev and Wardley Mapping with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan Stojanovic:#17: FinDev and Wardley mapping with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan StojanovicFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please...
2020-07-2223 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#20: Serverless at Fender with Michael GarskiYou can find Michael on LinkedIn here.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-07-1529 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#19: Serverless observability with Lumigo and Uri ParushYou can find Uri on Twitter as @uri82042753.To listen to the conversation we had with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan Stojanovic on FinDev, check out Episode 17.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2020-07-0831 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#18: Hexagonal architecture and voice with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan StojanovicSPECIAL OFFER: get 40% off all Manning books/videos with the code "podrealserv20" at manning.comYou can find Aleks as @simalexan on Twitter, and Slobodan as @slobodan_.They are running back-to-back courses this month, on "Testing Serverless Applications" and "Serverless for Frontend Developers". Check them out and enrol on Homeschool.dev.Also, check out their book "Serverless Applications with Node.js" by Manning, and Claudia.js, one of the first deployment frameworks for serverless applications.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us...
2020-07-0135 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#17: FinDev and Wardley mapping with Aleksandar Simovic and Slobodan StojanovicSPECIAL OFFER: get 40% off all Manning books/videos with the code "podrealserv20" at manning.comYou can find Aleks as @simalexan on Twitter, and Slobodan as @slobodan_. They are running back-to-back courses this month, on "Testing Serverless Applications" and "Serverless for Frontend Developers". Check them out and enrol on Homeschool.dev.Also, check out their book "Serverless Applications with Node.js" by Manning, and Claudia.js, one of the first deployment frameworks for serverless applications.If you want to learn about Wardley Maps, then you can read...
2020-06-2429 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#16: Meta-programming Lambda functions with Tom WallaceYou can find Tom as @tomincode on Twitter, and you can find his blog at https://www.thomasmichaelwallace.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-06-1736 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#15: Serverless at iRobot with Ben KehoeYou can find Ben on Twitter as @ben11kehoe.Following our conversation regarding AWS SSO, Ben has also open-sourced a tool that helps you make AWS SSO work with all the SDKs that don't understand it yet. Check it out here: https://github.com/benkehoe/aws-sso-credential-processFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4
2020-06-1044 min
Passionate People PodcastYan Cui at Frontend Developer Love 2020In this episode, we hear from Yan Cui, also known as the “Burning Monk”.
Yan currently works as an independent consultant but is well known as a great speaker, trainer, and as he describes himself, an AWS serverless hero.
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2020-06-0310 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#14: Serverless data streaming with Anahit PogosovaYou can find Anahit on Twitter as @anahit_fi and check out Solita's website at solita.fi and their blogs at dev.solita.fi and cloud.solita.fi.Also, check out Anahit's talk on Serverless data streaming at the AWS Community Day Nordics 2020.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-06-0344 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#13: What's new from Serverless Inc. with Gareth McCumskeyYou can find Gareth on Twitter as @garethmcc.Install the Serverless framework here, and don't forget to check out Gareth's full-stack Serverless course here.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
2020-05-2733 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#12: Serverless at LEGO with Nicole Yip and Sheen BrisalsThis episode is sponsored by Dynobase, a modern DynamoDB GUI Client.You can find Nicole on Twitter as @Pelicanpie88 and Sheen as @sheenbrisals.To hear Sheen's chat with Jeremy Daly over on ServerlessChats, go here. And you can read more about Sheen's thoughts on Serverless on his medium blog here.To see Nicole's talk at Serverless London, go here.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening...
2020-05-2052 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#11: Serverless at M&G Investments with Daniel BassTo see the open positions at M&G, please go to https://global.mandg.com/careers.You can find Daniel on Twitter as @danbassdev and read his blog at https://www.danielbass.dev. He has also published two books on building serverless architectures with Azure:Beginning Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure by PacktAdvanced Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure by PacktFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https...
2020-05-1328 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#10: Serverless at DAZN with Daniel Wright and Sara GerionI spoke with Daniel Wright and Sara Gerion to talk about the state of Serverless adoption at DAZN. We talked about a range of topics including:How DAZN uses serverless in a high scale, high uptime environment.How DAZN mixes Serverless and Containers in a hybrid environment.Why the Serverless-first approach makes sense even for a large company such as DAZN.How DAZN implements multi-region, active-active for their services.Thoughts on Terraform vs Serverless framework.You can find Daniel on Twitter as @daalwr and Sara as @sarutule.You can find open positions at DAZN on...
2020-05-0631 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#9: Serverless at DVLA with Matt Lewis and Chris WilliamsI spoke with Matt Lewis (Chief Architect at DVLA and AWS Data Hero) and Chris Williams (Principal Cloud Engineer at DVLA) to talk about the state of Serverless adoption at DVLA. We talked about a range of topics, from serverless security, QLDB, cultural and organizational changes when one moves to serverless and why AWS needs to offer more opinionated advice to customers on when to use which service.You can find Matt on Twitter as @m_lewis and Chris as @chrilliams.Here is the NCSC report "Cloud Security made easier with Serverless"https://www...
2020-04-2924 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#8: Serverless at LifeWorks with Scott Smethurst and Diana Ionita (Part 2)This is part 2 of my conversation with Scott Smethurst and Diana Ionita about their work at LifeWorks. We discussed the platform limitations and usability issues that make serverless development difficult sometimes, including problems with CloudWatch Logs, X-Ray, etc. that pushes you towards using other third-party vendors.In part 1, we talked about the story of LifeWorks, a wellbeing startup that were acquired for $400M, in part, thanks to the heroics of Scott and Diana. They implemented business critical features using serverless technologies, delivered them under severe time constraints and created significant business value which played a part in...
2020-04-2219 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#7: Serverless at LifeWorks with Scott Smethurst and Diana Ionita (Part 1)This is part 1 of my conversation with Scott Smethurst and Diana Ionita about their work at LifeWorks. We talked about the story of LifeWorks, a wellbeing startup that were acquired for $400M, in part, thanks to the heroics of Scott and Diana. They implemented business critical features using serverless technologies, delivered them under severe time constraints and created significant business value which played a part in the acquisition.We talked about how they made their systems multi-region and geo-partitioned their user data. We discussed why they opted for Apollo server instead of AppSync and the challenges of...
2020-04-1525 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#6: Serverless at TotallyMoney with Nick Blair and Steve WestwoodI caught up with Nick Blair and Steve Westwood to talk about the state of Serverless adoption at TotallyMoney and their transition from running .Net microservices on containers & EC2 to a Serverless-first approach with Node.js/Typescript functions. We talked about the changes to how they do local development and testing, as well as platform limits that they have run into.Get your free credit score report at totallymoney.com and check out their careers page to get in touch about open positions.You can find Nick on Twitter as @nickblair and find Steve on...
2020-04-0823 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#5: Managing complex AWS organizations at MoneyouThis is part 2 of my conversation with Olaf Conijn and Tjerk Stroband at Moneyou, a Dutch bank based here in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We discussed the challenges Moneyou has faced with AWS Organizations and the difficulty of managing a complex AWS environment using the built-in tools. And why they built and open-sourced org-formation as a way for you to manage your entire AWS organization using infrastructure-as-code (IAC).In part 1, we discussed Moneyou's journey towards serverless over the last 2 years and why it serverless makes sense to Moneyou. We talked a lot about risk and many of the misconceptions...
2020-04-0121 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#4: Understanding risk and vendor lock-in at MoneyouThis is part 1 of my conversation with Olaf Conijn and Tjerk Stroband at Moneyou, a Dutch bank based here in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We discussed Moneyou's journey towards serverless over the last 2 years and why it serverless makes sense to Moneyou. We talked a lot about risk and many of the misconceptions around risk when it comes to serverless. And of course, vendor lock-in was a big part of that discussion. It's refreshing to see a bank approach serverless and the vendor lock-in debate with such thoughtfulness rather than just following the mainstream narrative without understanding the underlying risks first.
2020-03-2528 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#3: Building a fully serverless insurance company with Joe EmisonThis is part 2 of my conversation with Joe Emison, who has been building serverless applications since 2015 with Firebase on GCP and then later with AWS Lambda. We talked Joe's recruitment philosophy for Branch Insurance, where he primarily hires junior frontend developers, for two very pragmatic reasons. We also talked about pain points that Joe sees with adopting serverless today and why Microsoft will be the main challenger to AWS in the cloud computing market.In part 1, we discussed the value of serverless, especially to startups, and why he has built Branch Insurance to be fully serverless. Joe...
2020-03-1826 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#2: The case for monorepoes with Joe EmisonThis is part 1 of my conversation with Joe Emison, who has been building serverless applications since 2015 with Firebase on GCP and then later with AWS Lambda. We discussed the value of serverless, especially to startups, and why he has built Branch Insurance to be fully serverless. Joe is a strong proponent for the monorepo approach, and we had a good chat about why he feels so strongly about this approach and how his team structures their application in a monorepo. And of course, we also covered the pain points of this approach and the tradeoffs his team has accepted.
2020-03-1124 min
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk#1: Serverless at Zoopla with Ricardo Espirito SantoI caught up with Ricardo Espirito Santo to talk about Zoopla and how they're using serverless, their experience with it so far and the challenges they have experienced with serverless technologies.You can find Ricardo on Twitter as @ricardoespsant and check out Zoopla's open positions here.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2020-02-1830 min
Serverless ChatsEpisode #33: The Frontlines of Serverless with Yan CuiAbout Yan Cui:Yan is an experienced engineer who has run production workload at scale in AWS for 10 years. He has been an architect and principal engineer with a variety of industries ranging from banking, e-commerce, sports streaming to mobile gaming. He has worked extensively with AWS Lambda in production, and has been helping clients around the world adopt AWS and serverless as an independent consultant. Yan is an AWS Serverless Hero and a regular speaker at user groups and conferences internationally. He is also the author of several serverless courses.
Twitter: @theburningmonk
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2020-01-2757 min
Talking Serverless#4 - Yan Cui Serverless HeroIn episode #4 of the Talking Serverless podcast Ryan Jones talks to Yan Cui an AWS Serverless Hero and the author of Production-Ready Serverless about ReInvent:2019 and other trends developing in the serverless ecosystem. You can find more from Yan Cui on his website.
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2020-01-0129 min
EnginearsYan Cui talks Serverless | Enginears PodcastIn this episode, we’re joined by AWS Serverless Hero, Yan Cui. If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3dCMPRb You can also find us on Twitter at: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr Host: Elliot Kipling: https://bit.ly/3i1KIYM Editor: Kane Hunter: https://bit.ly/2Vij5kD Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EnginearsioEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukH...
2019-12-0440 min
Real World DevOpsThe Business Value of Serverless with Yan CuiAbout the GuestYan is an experienced engineer who has run production workload at scale in AWS for nearly 10 years. He has been an architect and principal engineer with a variety of industries ranging from banking, e-commerce, sports streaming to mobile gaming. He has worked extensively with AWS Lambda in production, and has been helping various UK clients adopt AWS and serverless as an independent consultant.He is an AWS serverless Hero and a regular speaker at user groups and conferences internationally, and he is also the author of Production-Ready serverless.
2019-02-1441 min
Cloud Engineering Archives - Software Engineering DailyScalable Multiplayer Games with Yan CuiRemember when the best game you could play on your phone was Snake?
In 1998, Snake was preloaded on Nokia phones, and it was massively popular. That same year Half-Life won game of the year on PC. Metal Gear Solid came out for Playstation. The first version of Starcraft also came out in 1998.
In 1998, few people would have anticipated that games with as much interactivity as Starcraft would be played on mobile phones twenty years later. Today, mobile phones have the graphics and processing power of a desktop gaming PC from two decades ago.
2017-12-111h 06Cloud Engineering Archives - Software Engineering DailyServerless Startup with Yan Cui
After raising $18 million, social networking startup Yubl made a series of costly mistakes. Yubl hired an army of expensive contractors to build out its iOS and Android apps. Drama at the executive level hurt morale for the full-time employees. Most problematic, the company was bleeding cash due to a massive over-investment in cloud services.
This was the environment in which Yan Cui joined Yubl. The startup did have traction. There were social media stars who would announce on Twitter that they were about to go on Yubl, and Yubl would be hit by an avalanche...
2017-08-0451 min
Greatest Hits Archives - Software Engineering DailyServerless Startup with Yan Cui
After raising $18 million, social networking startup Yubl made a series of costly mistakes. Yubl hired an army of expensive contractors to build out its iOS and Android apps. Drama at the executive level hurt morale for the full-time employees. Most problematic, the company was bleeding cash due to a massive over-investment in cloud services.
This was the environment in which Yan Cui joined Yubl. The startup did have traction. There were social media stars who would announce on Twitter that they were about to go on Yubl, and Yubl would be hit by an avalanche...
2017-08-0451 min
Functional GeekeryYan CuiIn this episode I talk with Yan Cui. We talk his introduction to functional programming via Erlang and F#, getting functional languages adopted in a company, type providers, we wrap up with a rundown of a number of different languages, and much more in between.
Our Guest, Yan Cui
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