Real World Serverless with theburningmonk
A podcast where we talk about real-world use of Serverless technologies from engineers who work with them day-to-day. We will discuss use cases, why they chose serverless and the pain points and challenges they face. If you want to know what it's REALLY like to work with serverless, this is the show for you.
Episodes
109 episodes
#109: Building serverless apps in PHP with Bref | ft Matthieu Napoli
Thank you to Momento for supporting this episode. Momento's real-time data platform empowers developers to build innovative products faster and more reliably than ever before. Visit gomomento...
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Episode 109
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55:56
#108: Lambda on Rust with James Eastham
Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk
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Episode 108
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1:02:02
#107: How to Have a Successful Cloud Career in 2024 | ft. Andrew Brown
Thank you to Momento for supporting this episode. Momento's real-time data platform empowers developers to build innovative products faster and more reliably than ever before. Visit gomomento...
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Episode 107
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52:33
#106: Rust with Lambda, easy-mode Rust & future of Middy | ft. Luciano Mammino
Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk
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Episode 106
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45:51
#105: The inception story of Cognito & secret to succeeding at AWS | ft. David Behroozi
Thank you to Momento for supporting this episode. Momento's real-time data platform empowers developers to build innovative products faster and more reliably than ever before. Visit gomomento...
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Episode 105
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1:14:51
#104: Baseline, is this new serverless development framework better than Amplify?
Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk
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Episode 104
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57:49
#103 - Community building, being an enable, is serverless dead? ft. Allen Helton
Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. Please check them out and help support this podcast.Allen Helton on being an enabler,...
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Episode 103
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1:00:27
#102: Building AWS communities with Farrah Campbell
Take a peek behind the AWS Heroes and Community Builders programmes with Farrah Campbell, who was a former AWS hero turned AWS employee. Nowadays, Farrah heads up both the AWS Heroes and Community Builders programmes.Links from the epis...
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Episode 102
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44:05
#101: Faster serverless APIs with Brian LeRoux
In this episode, I spoke with Brian LeRoux, co-founder of begin.com and creator of the Architect framework. Brian is also an AWS Serverless Hero and...
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Episode 101
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1:00:19
#100: LocalStack v3 is here and it's kinda amazing!
In this episode, I spoke with Waldemar Hummer, founder and CTO of LocalStack. We discussed what's new in the latest version of LocalStack and highlighted some of the most interesting additions.One particular highlight for me is the abil...
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Episode 100
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1:10:00
#99: Azure Functions deep dive with Ian Griffiths
In this episode, I spoke with Ian Griffiths, a Technical Fellow at Endjin, a Microsoft MVP, and the author of O'Reilly's Programming C# 10.0.In this episode, we took a deep dive into Azure Functions, how it works and how it differs (sig...
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Episode 99
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54:03
#98: How DAZN streams live sports to millions of concurrent viewers
In this episode, I spoke with Bob Hannent, the principal architect of DAZN's video playback and delivery system. This system is responsible for streaming live sporting events to millions of concurrent viewers.We discussed the many chall...
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Episode 98
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53:06
#97: 10x Lambda cold start performance with LLRT
In this episode, I spoke with Richard Davison, the creator of the new LLRT (Low Latency Runtime) for Lambda. We talked about the motivation for a specialised JavaScript runtime for Lambda, how it achieves the insane cold start time and the trad...
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Episode 97
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52:55
#96: How Fathom saved $100k/year in their AWS bill
In this episode, I spoke with Jack Ellis, who is a co-founder of Fathom. We into the cost optimizations that he used to save Fathom $100k/year on their AWS bill.
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Episode 96
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59:33
#95: How Dunelm went from on-prem to serverless while going faster
In this episode, I spoke with Mark White, who is a principal engineer at Dunelm, a leading home furnishing retailer in the UK.We talked about Dunelm's journey from on-premise infrastructure to serverless and how they stayed agile while ...
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Episode 95
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57:14
#94: Serverless Framework v4 with Austen Collins
In this episode, I spoke with Austen Collins, founder and CEO of Serverless Inc. about the upcoming release of Serverless Framework v4.We talked about the origin of the Serverless Framework and the challenges it faces. We discussed the ...
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Episode 94
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1:14:57
#93: Building serverless AI apps with Sam Williams
In this episode, I spoke with Sam Williams about his drive for work-life balance and discussed his experience of building AI-powered apps using serverless technologies.Links from the episode:
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Episode 93
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57:57
#92 - Rise of the AI Engineer with Shawn Wang
In this episode, I spoke with Shawn Wang, who coined the term "AI Engineer" as a new title for engineers who are building the chains and agents that powers AI applications. This is likely to be the highest-demand engineering job of the decade.<...
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Episode 92
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52:37
#91: DevOps Reimagined with Patrick deBois on the Future of AI and DevOps
In this episode, I spoke with Patrick deBois, who is known as the "father of DevOps" as he coined the term "DevOps" in 2009.In a wide-ranging conversation, we talked about the evolution of DevOps, what it means in 2023 and how it relate...
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Episode 91
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51:12
#90: He built a hotel booking system that costs $0.82/month to run
In this episode, I spoke with Hieu Do, who is a Solution Architect at FPT Software in Vietnam. As a side project, he built a hotel booking system for a friend using entirely serverless technologies.He shared his experience and learnings...
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Episode 90
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48:35
#89: Hashnode's serverless architecture with Sandro Volpicella
In this episode, I spoke with Sandro Volpicella, who is a platform lead at Hashnode, a fully serverless blogging platform. He is also the co-author of AWS Fundamentals (https://awsfundamentals.com).We explored Hashnode's architecture an...
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Episode 89
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1:00:07
#88: Optimizing Lambda cold starts with AJ Stuyvenberg
In this episode, I spoke with AJ Stuyvenberg, who is an AWS Hero and staff engineer at Datadog. We discussed the findings from the latest state of serverless report and spoke about Lambda cold starts at length. AJ has done some incredible resea...
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Episode 88
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53:50
#87: Anton Babenko on Serverless.TF and the Terraform licensing fiasco
In this episode, I spoke with Anton Babenko, who is an AWS Community Hero and creator of the Serverless.TF framework. We spoke at length about serverless development with Terraform and the problems that Serverless.TF aims to solve. We also disc...
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Episode 87
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39:54
#86: Enterprise CDK with Ran Isenberg
In this episode, I spoke with Ran Isenberg, who is an AWS Serverless Hero and Principal Software Architect at CyberArk. Amongst other things, we talked about platform engineering at CyberArk, how they adopted CDK and how they approach testing a...
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Episode 86
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43:20
#85: CDK Dos and Don'ts with Matthew Bonig
In this episode, I spoke with Matthew Bonig, who is an AWS DevTools Hero and co-author of The CDK Book.We talked about the Dos and Don'ts of CDK, and Matthew shared some tips on testing and how to organize your CDK project.Links...
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Episode 85
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1:11:11
