Ran Isenberg
ChatGPT: No Longer Cool, Thanks to Grandma!
An opinionated article about the current state of ChatGPT, its good and bad sides, and its future triggered by my grandmother using ChatGPT.
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Ran Isenberg
- May 22
- 7 min
Build AWS Serverless Scheduled Tasks with Amazon EventBridge and CDK
This blog post will teach you to leverage Amazon EventBridge to create serverless scheduled tasks using AWS CDK in Python.
Ran Isenberg
- May 8
- 6 min
Serverless Empowers Accessibility: Convert Text to Speech with Amazon Polly
Learn to automate TTS, text to speech, with Amazon Polly in minutes using the provided GitHub Serverless service to improve accessibility.
Ran Isenberg
- Apr 24
- 9 min
Learn How to Write AWS Lambda Functions with Three Architecture Layers
In this blog post, you will learn how to write AWS Lambda function code containing three architectural layers.
Ran Isenberg
- Apr 10
- 11 min
Ensuring Serverless Success: A Guide to Service Level Agreement (SLA) Definitions and Guidelines
This blog post you describes my definitions, guidelines and approach to understanding SLA and estimating a Serverless service availability.
Ran Isenberg
- Mar 27
- 7 min
Guide to Serverless & Lambda Testing - Part 3 - Advanced Asynchronous Flows
Learn AWS Serverless testing best practices for advanced asynchronous flows that may or may not contain Lambda functions.
Ran Isenberg
- Mar 13
- 13 min
Guide to Serverless & Lambda Testing - Part 2 - Testing Pyramid
Learn AWS Serverless & Lambda testing best practices using the testing pyramid: unit, infrastructure, integration and end to end tests.
Ran Isenberg
- Feb 27
- 9 min
Guide to AWS Serverless & Lambda Testing Best Practices - Part 1
Learn AWS Serverless and Lambda testing challenges, how it differs from regular application testing and my guidelines and best practices
Ran Isenberg
- Feb 13
- 5 min
AWS Lambda Layers Best Practices
This blog post covers AWS Lambda layers basics, the pros and cons, and my recommended best practices.
Ran Isenberg
- Jan 31
- 3 min
AWS Lambda Smart Feature Flags - Now with Time Based Conditions
Learn how to define time-based feature flags that will change the behavior of your AWS service at different times, hours and weekdays.
Ran Isenberg
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Build AWS Lambda Container Image with AWS CDK
This blog post covers AWS Lambda custom container images basics and how to build them with AWS CDK in Python.
Ran Isenberg
- Jan 2
- 4 min
Build AWS Lambda Layers with AWS CDK
This blog post covers AWS Lambda layers basics and how to build them with Docker & AWS CDK in Python.
Ran Isenberg
- Dec 18, 2022
- 6 min
Serverless Production Readiness Checklist
Dont go live without checking out these tips. Tips span aspects of security, backups, crisis recovery, CI/CD and support readiness.
Ran Isenberg
- Dec 3, 2022
- 5 min
re:Invent 2022: Serverless Takeaways
Now that AWS re:Invent 2022 is officially over, let's go over the exciting new services and features launched from a Serverless perspective.
Ran Isenberg
- Nov 7, 2022
- 5 min
Cloud Architect's High-Level Design Template
Recommended AWS high-level Serverless service/application architecture design template.
Ran Isenberg
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Deploy to AWS with GitHub Actions and AWS CDK
This blog explains how you can use AWS CDK to deploy to your AWS account using GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.
Ran Isenberg
- Oct 3, 2022
- 10 min
AWS CDK - Best Practices From The Trenches
Best practices and guidelines for working with AWS CDK, learned from using AWS CDK, from development to production over the past 3 years.
Ran Isenberg
- Sep 5, 2022
- 3 min
Open-Source Code Donation 101
This blog covers tips and tricks to get you started in the wonderful world of open-source code donation.
Ran Isenberg
- Aug 2, 2022
- 6 min
How One Open-Source Code Donation Got Me Promoted
In this blog, I'll explain how this one PR changed my career and how you, too, can advance your career while keeping your work-life balance
Ran Isenberg
- Jul 11, 2022
- 10 min
Cloud Platform Engineering - Supercharge Your Development
This blog discusses how creating a cloud platform engineering team in your organization accelerates SaaS development.
Ran Isenberg
- Jun 19, 2022
- 4 min
Start Your AWS Serverless Service With Two Clicks
This blog will help you to start your very own AWS Serverless Python service with a working pipeline and CDK with just two clicks!
Ran Isenberg
- Jun 9, 2022
- 5 min
Manage Your AWS Lambda Feature Flags Like a Boss
This blog post will describe a feature flags development process for getting feature flags right in: design, testing, production, retirement
Ran Isenberg
- May 15, 2022
- 11 min
AWS Lambda Cookbook - Part 6 - Configuration & Feature Flags Best Practices
AWS Lambda handler best practices series. This blog focuses on AWS Lambda feature flags and configuration best practices.
Ran Isenberg
- Apr 7, 2022
- 7 min
AWS Lambda Cookbook - Part 5 - Input Validation Best Practices
AWS Lambda handler best practices series. This blog focuses on AWS Lambda input validation best practices.
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