Blog Posts

My opinionated list of AWS re:invent 2023 sessions that I found relevant to serverless and Python developers.

In this article you will learn about dead letter queue best practices and how to handle failures in a correct and automated manner.

Learn how to handle Amazon SQS batch processing failures and master automatic retries with AWS Lambda Powertools for Python.

Handle Amazon SQS batches in a safe manner that encourages retries with AWS Lambda Powertools for Python and AWS CDK code examples.

Discover serverless API idempotency's significance and implementation using AWS Lambda, AWS CDK, and Lambda Powertools for Python.

In this post, you will learn how to generate Python templates with cookiecutter and build new template projects from scratch.

An opinionated article about the current state of ChatGPT, its good and bad sides, and its future triggered by my grandmother using ChatGPT.

This blog post will teach you to leverage Amazon EventBridge to create serverless scheduled tasks using AWS CDK in Python.

Learn to automate TTS, text to speech, with Amazon Polly in minutes using the provided GitHub Serverless service to improve accessibility.

In this blog post, you will learn how to write AWS Lambda function code containing three architectural layers.

This blog post you describes my definitions, guidelines and approach to understanding SLA and estimating a Serverless service availability.

Learn AWS Serverless testing best practices for advanced asynchronous flows that may or may not contain Lambda functions.

Learn AWS Serverless & Lambda testing best practices using the testing pyramid: unit, infrastructure, integration and end to end tests.

Learn AWS Serverless and Lambda testing challenges, how it differs from regular application testing and my guidelines and best practices

This blog post covers AWS Lambda layers basics, the pros and cons, and my recommended best practices.

Learn how to define time-based feature flags that will change the behavior of your AWS service at different times, hours and weekdays.

This blog post covers AWS Lambda custom container images basics and how to build them with AWS CDK in Python.

This blog post covers AWS Lambda layers basics and how to build them with Docker & AWS CDK in Python.

Dont go live without checking out these tips. Tips span aspects of security, backups, crisis recovery, CI/CD and support readiness.

Now that AWS re:Invent 2022 is officially over, let's go over the exciting new services and features launched from a Serverless perspective.

Recommended AWS high-level Serverless service/application architecture design template.

This blog explains how you can use AWS CDK to deploy to your AWS account using GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.

Best practices and guidelines for working with AWS CDK, learned from using AWS CDK, from development to production over the past 3 years.

This blog covers tips and tricks to get you started in the wonderful world of open-source code donation.