S2E8: Advanced Serverless Architecture

In this FCTC episode, Angela and Michael go into serverless architecture and wrap up the book "Programming AWS Lambda". Topics of discussion include serverless architecture “gotchas” as well as new patterns of architecture enabled by serverless thinking.

Content covered:
🔹 Chapter 9: Advanced Serverless Architecture
🔹 Chapter 10: Conclusion

Expect 🔥 insights, lively discussion, and practical takeaways you can use immediately.

00:00 Meeting Kickoff & Book Wrap-Up
01:47 At-Least-Once Delivery & Idempotency
07:47 Lambda Scaling & Downstream Impact
10:52 Concurrency Management & Cost Considerations
13:55 Reusable Serverless Components & SAM CLI
16:59 Serverless Thinking & Global Distribution
21:31 Global DynamoDB Table Demo
28:04 Edge Computing & Lambda@Edge
30:51 Book Conclusion & Lessons Learned
35:57 Season Wrap-Up & Next Steps

The book: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-aws-lambda/9781492041047/
The code: https://github.com/covertocode/season-2-programming-aws-lambda/tree/main/chapter-9-advanced-serverless-architecture

Find us online at covertocode.com.

Hosted by:

• Angela A. @scooterphoenix
• Michael J. @managedkaos ​