ST #43: Serverless Framework V3 is here!

Serverless Inc. have released version 3.0 of the Serverless Framework, and it comes with some nifty new features, such as the ability to set stage parameters in the serverless.yml. These are breaking changes, so take care updating your version of the framework!

If you’re a long time subscriber you’ll know we are big fans of Event-Driven architectures as a way of decoupling your services. Unfortunately even the most decoupled microservices will still have some dependencies - impacting our ability to deploy and test independently. Here Ben Ellerby shows us how Hexagonal Architectures can get over that final hurdle!

One of the most common concerns of people new to Serverless is how cold starts will impact their response times. In this article we see how to use the newly released top level awaits support to reduce cold start times. While in practice we find cold starts are much less of an issue then you might first think - for latency sensitive workloads we can now reduce the impact even more!

Serverless-Transformation is an aleios initiative. aleios helps startups disrupt and large organisations to remain competitive using the best of Cloud-Native, Serverless.

Paul Swail discusses the question of whether or not direct integrations between AWS services may be better (faster and cheaper!) than Lambdas. Read about the pros and cons of both choices, and which is best for your use case!

Have you ever wondered what a serverless webhook would look like? With 3 core concepts to keep in mind when designing a scalable webhook, Enrico suggests not one, but two architectures you can use in your project.

Serverless-Transformation is an aleios initiative. aleios helps startups disrupt and large organisations to remain competitive using the best of Cloud-Native, Serverless.