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Dynamic Routing with AWS Lambda@Edge

LaunchDarkly

Early in 2016, TrueCar decided to move internet operations off premises from its data centers to the AWS cloud. Some operational and logistical challenges were presented when TrueCar decided to move its internet infrastructure into the AWS cloud. New features were difficult to roll out and existing features were difficult to change.

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We are still early with the cloud

Erik Bernhardsson

about what I want from software infrastructure, but the ideas morphed in my head into something sort of wider. I encountered AWS in 2006 or 2007 and remember thinking that it's crazy — why would anyone want to put their stuff in someone else's data center? But only a couple of years later, I was running a bunch of stuff on top of AWS.

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Software Engineers: Confidence Matters Just as Much as Ability

Stackery

Software engineering is a skilled task; those who obtain the experience and credentials necessary to become engineers know this, as do their employers. Anyone who has written software used by a decent number of people knows how daunting this task is. Confidence matters just as much as ability.

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From “Secondary Storage” To Just “Storage”: A Tale of Lambdas, LZ4, and Garbage Collection

Honeycomb

Enter AWS Lambda. Amazon’s marketing of Lambda focuses on its use cases for data pipelines and as the basis of serverless API backends, but doesn’t dwell on what the service actually is: CPUs on demand, sold in 100ms increments. This all happens concurrently, sometimes involving thousands of simultaneous Lambda jobs.

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The Best Serverless Sessions at AWS Summit New York

Stackery

The AWS Web Summit New York is next week! Cloud Software Engineer, Cloudreach. Wild Rydes: Build a full-stack serverless ride-sharing app with Lambda. Introducing Wild Rydes, a new, innovative unicorn transportation service using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon Kinesis.

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Azure vs AWS: How to Choose the Cloud Service Provider?

Existek

We suggest drawing a detailed comparison of Azure vs AWS to answer these questions. Azure vs AWS market share. What is Amazon AWS used for? Azure vs AWS features. Azure vs AWS comparison: other practical aspects. Azure vs AWS comparison: other practical aspects. Azure vs AWS: which is better?

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Serverless is easier than you think

The Agile Monkey

Catalog view We believe that developing a serverless application should be easier, but until it is, we want to put in our 2 cents by showing that a fully serverless web application can be developed using just a few AWS services. Moreover, we enforced HTTPS and caching through AWS CloudFront , a cloud-based Content Delivery Network.