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Stay the hell away from anything that's not cloud portable

DevOps, K8s, and the Cloud • 6 HN points • 24 Apr 24

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Stick to using standard, open, and protocol-compliant resources whenever possible for cloud portability.
If leveraging proprietary capabilities, wrap them in clean abstractions to swap out implementations across clouds easily.
Prioritize cloud portability early to avoid the risks of vendor lock-in and technical debt in the future.

Serverless Computing 101[Systems Design Sundays]

Technology Made Simple • 39 implied HN points • 07 Aug 22

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Serverless Computing allows developers to build and run code without managing servers, saving costs and increasing flexibility.
In serverless computing, developers pay for the exact amount of server space they need, eliminating expenses for idle infrastructure.
Large server providers offer servers as a service, benefiting small organizations while ensuring scalability and cost-effectiveness.

Issue #38

Infra Weekly Newsletter • 13 implied HN points • 07 Mar 23

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Using serverless computing on AWS Lambda has potential risks that need to be mitigated
Updating the Linux kernel on Ubuntu can be done for parts not available to install
Migrating to Ubuntu LTS provides insights for CentOS users

AWS Lambda: Pitfalls

Unlearning • 6 implied HN points • 08 Jul 23

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Avoid creating Lambda monoliths to improve performance and cost efficiency.
Be cautious of Lambdas calling other Lambdas to prevent increased costs and potential bottlenecks.
Design Lambdas to be idempotent to avoid data duplication and ensure system reliability.

Making software user-extendable

How Software "Sells Itself" • 2 HN points • 18 Feb 23

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Enterprise software often lacks user-extendability, leading to workarounds or completely custom tools.
Having a user-friendly code editor can simplify adding custom functionality to software.
Modern technologies like Monaco and serverless platforms make it feasible to achieve user-extendability and advanced debugging features.

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Enhancing Maintainability and Observability in AWS Lambda

My Makerspace • 0 implied HN points • 14 Jun 23

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Setting up a simple Lambda function can quickly address operational needs.
Using AWS SAM simplifies building, deploying, and managing Lambda functions.
To enhance maintainability, separate business logic from external dependencies in Lambda functions and improve code clarity.

Serverless on GCP

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 20 Aug 19

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Serverless computing means cloud providers fully manage server infrastructure, allowing focus on application code and business logic.
Benefits of serverless model include automatic scaling, fault-tolerance, and paying only for the resources used.
GCP offers various serverless compute options like Firebase, Cloud Functions, App Engine, and Cloud Run, each with specific characteristics and use cases.

Authenticating Stackdriver Uptime Checks for Identity-Aware Proxy

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jan 19

🕹 Technology Serverless Computing

Google Stackdriver provides free uptime checks for monitoring service availability across regions and response latencies.
Implementing Stackdriver uptime checks with Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy can be challenging due to authentication requirements.
A workaround solution involves using Google Cloud Functions as a proxy to authenticate Stackdriver uptime checks for IAP-protected resources.