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Practical resources about serverless for software engineers.

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Running Code Without Managing Servers

Serverless computing abstracts infrastructure so teams can focus on business logic. Functions, managed databases, and event triggers scale automatically while you pay only for execution time.

This topic covers AWS Lambda patterns, Google Cloud Functions deployment, Azure Durable Functions orchestration, and API Gateway integration. Learn to optimize cold starts, manage state between invocations, and design event-driven serverless architectures.

advanced

Reduce AWS Lambda Cold Start with Provisioned Concurrency

Minimize Lambda cold start latency using provisioned concurrency, ARM64 Graviton, lighter...

intermediate

Package Python Dependencies for AWS Lambda with Layers

Package Python dependencies for AWS Lambda using Lambda Layers, Docker builds for native...

intermediate

Build HTTP-Triggered Azure Functions with Python

Create HTTP-triggered Azure Functions in Python with binding configuration, async handlers,...

intermediate

Minimize Cold Start Latency in Serverless Functions

How to reduce cold start times in AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Cloud Run using provisioned...

intermediate

Build Event-Driven Serverless Architectures

How to design loosely coupled systems using serverless functions triggered by events from message...

advanced

Implement Event Sourcing in Serverless Architectures

How to capture all changes as immutable events using event sourcing with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB...

intermediate

Deploy HTTP Cloud Functions on Google Cloud with Node.js

Create and deploy HTTP-triggered Cloud Functions on Google Cloud with Node.js, Express integration,...

advanced

Build Real-Time APIs with WebSockets on Serverless

How to implement bidirectional real-time communication using WebSockets with AWS API Gateway,...

beginner

Run Scheduled Jobs with Serverless Functions

How to replace cron jobs with serverless scheduled functions for backups, reporting, cleanup, and...

intermediate

Build Serverless APIs with API Gateway

How to design, deploy, and manage serverless HTTP APIs using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and...

advanced

Secure API Gateway with Custom Lambda Authorizers

Implement custom Lambda authorizers for API Gateway with JWT validation, IAM policy generation, and...

advanced

Design a DynamoDB Single-Table Schema for Serverless Apps

Design a DynamoDB single-table schema with composite keys, GSI patterns, and access patterns for...

intermediate

Event-Driven Lambda with SQS Triggers and Batch Processing

Process SQS messages with Lambda using batch windows, partial batch responses, error handling, and...

intermediate

Build Serverless Functions

Create and deploy serverless functions with AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions...

intermediate

Orchestrate Serverless Workflows with Step Functions and

How to coordinate complex serverless processes using AWS Step Functions, Temporal, and Durable...

advanced

Orchestrate Serverless Workflows with AWS Step Functions

Build state machine workflows with AWS Step Functions using sequential, parallel, and map states...

intermediate

Serverless DB Connection Pooling Pattern

Manage database connections across serverless invocations by using external connection poolers,...

advanced

Serverless Event Sourcing Pattern

Store function state as an append-only event log so workflows can be replayed, audited, and...

intermediate

Serverless Fanout Pattern

Broadcast a single event to multiple independent consumers via SNS, EventBridge, or SQS so each...

advanced

Serverless Function Composition Pattern

Chain serverless functions via Step Functions or orchestration layers to build multi-step workflows...

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