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Technologist | Speaker | Author | AWS Serverless Hero | Team Topologies Advocate | Serverless Development on AWS (O'Reilly) | Speak Effectively At Conferences sheenbrisals.com

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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🆕 ✍ I Self-Published A 300-Page Book. So Can You! New blog about what went on behind the scenes of writing #TheSpeakerBook! medium.com/write-a-cata... #writing #selfpublishing #writer #TheSpeakerBook #speaking #conferences #AmazonKDP #Leanpub #books #independentwriter
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I Self-Published A 300-Page Book. So Can You!
My experience of writing and publishing “Speak Effectively At Conferences”!
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🆕✍ "The Speaker Book Is Here! Why Should You Read It?" A brief about the book, its contents, and early reader feedback. sbrisals.medium.com/the-speaker-... #TheSpeakerBook #speaking #talks #speaker #conferences #publicspeaking
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The Speaker Book Is Here! Why Should You Read It?
If you think speaking at a conference is just about being on a stage and presenting, think again!
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
✨ #TheSpeakerBook is now available on #Amazon✨ www.amazon.com/Speak-Effect... Earlier this week, I received the author's proofread copy, and it looks fantastic! (I know I am biased 😀) 📔Happy reading! 🌞Happy weekend, everyone! #Books #Conferences #Speaking #speaker #presentation #aws #serverless
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
✨Announcing the release of the PDF version of #TheSpeakerBook✨ leanpub.com/TheSpeakerBook ➡️ The EPUB version will be available in a few days on Leanpub. ➡️ The #Amazon #Kindle will be available next week, followed by the paperback version. #Speaking #talks #speaker #aws #serverless #conferences
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Damien Jones @amazonwebshark.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Want to speak with confidence - both on conference stages and on Zoom? I just reviewed @sheenbrisals.bsky.social’s Speak Effectively At Conferences and it's full of honest, practical advice & real‑world stories. Link in comments #PublicSpeaking #SpeakingSkills #AmWriting
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Gunnar Grosch @gunnargrosch.com · 03/04/2025
I wonder if anyone would show up if this were to happen this fall. I wonder if we'd get any speakers to join. I wonder if we'd get any sponsors. I wonder...
ServerlessDays Stockholm logo with the year 2025.
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Happy to see our book, Serverless Development on AWS, on Humble Bundle's list of Head First Programming and Patterns books from @oreilly.bsky.social ✨ It also includes a few of my favorite books as well! www.humblebundle.com/books/head-f...
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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 27/03/2025
Dive into Balancing Coupling in Software Design with @vladikk.bsky.social & @sheenbrisals.bsky.social to tackle complexity in modern software! Takeaways: Coupling is key to managing complexity. Modular design reduces cognitive load.
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Balancing Coupling in Software Design • Vlad Khononov & Sheen Brisals • GOTO 2025
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclubhttp://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview here:https...
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Jeremy Daly @jeremydaly.com · 19/03/2025
Issue #320 of Off-by-none is out! In this issue, AppSync Events bring us even closer to truly #serverless WebSockets, Serverless Land Patterns land in your IDE, and S3 Tables try to compete with sliced bread. #offbynone offbynone.io/issues/320/
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Truly Serverless WebSockets? 👏 - Off-by-none
In this issue, AppSync Events bring us even closer to truly serverless WebSockets, Serverless Land Patterns land in your IDE, and S3 Tables try to compete with sliced bread.
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Gunnar Grosch @gunnargrosch.com · 14/03/2025
Super excited to share the stage with my friend @theburningmonk.com at #AWSSummit Amsterdam! 🎉 Yan is a serverless genius, and I always learn so much from him. Get ready for some serious #serverless insights in our session! See you there on April 16! go.aws/4kOzjvE
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Julian Wood @julianwood.com · 12/03/2025
Love being at the AWS Serverless Meetup in London. Here is part of the gathering, and about 30% are 1st time attendees! Plenty of new interest in Serverless. @ryancormack.bsky.social Sheen Brisals and @ryancormack.bsky.social are speaking tonight, so ppl get to learn from the gurus!
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Jeremy Daly @jeremydaly.com · 12/03/2025
Issue #319 of Off-by-none is out! In this issue, DeepSeek goes #serverless on Bedrock, multi-agent collaboration is now GA, and AWS enhances the serverless developer experience in VS Code. #offbynone offbynone.io/issues/319/
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Serverless DeepSeek 🐳 - Off-by-none
In this issue, DeepSeek goes serverless on Bedrock, multi-agent collaboration is now GA, and AWS enhances the serverless developer experience in VS Code.
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Looking forward to being in Bengaluru for the Agile India 2025 conference later this month! @agileindia.bsky.social #AWS #Serverless #QA #cloud #Bengaluru #Bangalore
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
✨ Serverless London Meetup is on Wednesday, 12th March 📅 6:30 PM at Amazon London Holborn Office: 60 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FD 🗣️ Ben Ellerby and I are speaking that evening. This is an in-person event, and details are on the meetup page. www.meetup.com/serverless-l... #AWS #Serverless
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☁️ Serverless London March 2025 (In Person), Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us on March 12th for the next edition of Serverless London Meetup. The event will be in person! \*\*\* **🎫 Tickets** No Eventbrite tickets for this event but there
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David Boyne @boyney123.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Almost a year ago I left AWS to bootstrap my open source project. I get asked why create an open source project? Why not close source and get folks to pay.... I want to share my journey with others, so here is my first post. boyney123.substack.com/p/why-is-you...
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Why is your product Open Source?
Open source business models are hard. A question I often get it why is it even open source? Here are some of my thoughts on that, and reasons why
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
✨Yesterday's ServerlessDays Manchester was a blast!🚀 💠Full house of a packed audience! 💠Fantastic venue with amazing views! 💠Excellent talks! 💠Great hospitality! 💠Generous and supportive sponsors! 💠A passionate organizing committee! @manserverless.bsky.social #AWS #Serverless #Azure #GCP #cloud
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manserverless.bsky.social @manserverless.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Honoured to have the incredible @sheenbrisals.bsky.social closing things out today. Complexity is everywhere; is it time to embrace that complexity? #SDM2025
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Darryl Ruggles @darryl-ruggles.cloud · 11/02/2025
dev.to/aws-builders... Being able to look at example designs and github repos really helps with learning. You can take code and deploy as is or start modifying parts to see the impacts. Using managed and serverless components on AWS allows you to build interesting and scalable apps quickly.(1/3) 🧵
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AWS Serverless hands on part 2/2
At the beginning, I would like to emphasize that this is the second part of our journey. Please read...
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David Boyne @boyney123.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
User directory now live in EventCatalog. This new feature allows you to quickly find users or teams that own services or messages in your your organization with new search/filter capabilities. Demo and blog 👇 Hope it helps! www.eventcatalog.dev/blog/eventca...
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Introducing EventCatalog Directory - EventCatalog
EventCatalog Directory is a new way to find users and teams using EventCatalog.
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Agile India @agileindia.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Complexity is part of life and technology, it is often necessary. Acknowledge, understand, and manage it. Learn more with @sheenbrisals.bsky.social at #AgileIndia: confengine.com/conferences/...
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Chris Ebert @realchrisebert.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I can’t wait to grab a copy of @sheenbrisals.bsky.social book when it’s released. Stepping out of your comfort zone and presenting in public is a valuable skill that makes it easier to communicate ideas, share concepts, and pass on knowledge. leanpub.com/TheSpeakerBook
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Speak Effectively At Conferences
Are you afraid of speaking at conferences? Learn the insights to overcome your fears and conquer the stages with confidence!
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#TheSpeakerBook Update: 3 New chapters will be released next week, 28th January. Part3: Chapter 8 - Submitting Talks to Conferences (the CFP process) Part 5: Chapter 17 - Being Gracious and Grateful (as a speaker) Part 5: Chapter 18 - The Audience Feedback Process leanpub.com/TheSpeakerBook
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Lee Gilmore @serverlessadvocate.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
⭐ Issue 21 of the #Serverless Advocate Newsletter is out now! ⭐ serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/21-product... This week, our serverless expert is #AWS Community Builder @ziedbentahar.bsky.social, and our spotlight falls on @danilop.bsky.social 👏 Please share & subscribe to the newsletter!🔔
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#21 Productivity 🧠
This week, our expert is AWS Community Builder Zied Ben Tahar, our spotlight falls on AWS Chief Evangelist (EMEA) Danilo Poccia, we look at the latest AWS service releases, blog posts, news & more!
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
When @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is down, the entire writing universe comes to a halt.😅
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
✨The Early Release version of #TheSpeakerBook✨ leanpub.com/TheSpeakerBook 🗓️ Tuesday, 21st January, 2025 📕6 Chapters (more to follow soon after) 🆓Download a FREE sample chapter now! 📧Register your interest to get notified by Leanpub. 🙏Please share this in your network. Thanks.
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🎤I am speaking @agileindia.bsky.social Bangalore! 💠Is there a place for QA in modern agile autonomous fast-flow teams? 💠Patterns and practices for developing enterprise-scale applications with serverless! confengine.com/conferences/... 10% discount: sheen-brisals-10di$c-agile #Serverless #Agile
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
✨ My InfoQ article "Being Functionless" has been trending on top for the last ten days! Exciting! ✍ Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code www.infoq.com/articles/fun... #AWS #Serverless #TheServerlessBook #cloud #Azure #GCP #lowcode #software #cloudarchitecture
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InfoQ @infoq.com · 06/01/2025
#Serverless technology & #FunctionAsAService transformed #CloudComputing! However, unlocking their full potential requires more than adoption - it demands a shift in mindset to avoid complexity & optimize efficiency. Read the #InfoQ article by @sheenbrisals.bsky.social: bit.ly/4gJ2qOC #FaaS
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
📘I am excited to say that #TheSpeakerBook now has a page on #Leanpub! ✨ leanpub.com/TheSpeakerBook 💠The page has abstract & provisional Table of Contents. 💲Not yet ready for purchase. Next iteration will be an early-release version. #Conferences #Speaking #Speaker #Talk #books #publications
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
✍️Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code! Published on @infoq.com, my first contribution of the new year 2025! www.infoq.com/articles/fun... #Serverless #AWS #Azure #GCP #Cloud #TheServerlessBook #Functionless
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Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code!
Innovative cloud architect focusing on serverless computing and Function as a Service. Advocates for optimized, functionless architecture to reduce complexity and costs. Expertise in leveraging cloud-...
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Luciano Mammino 📙 Node.js Design Patterns @loige.co · 13/12/2024
One of the coolest things about the last 3 events that I had the pleasure to attend is this man: @sheenbrisals.bsky.social ! #Serverless Hero and an absolute inspiration! Looking forward to hearing his closing keynote at #serverlessdays #rome!
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InfoQ @infoq.com · 03/12/2024
🎥 [Presentation] Designing Cloud Applications for Elasticity and Resilience What is resilience by design? Why is elasticity important? In this #InfoQ video, 4 expert panelists explore the key concepts of elasticity and resilience from the perspective of cloud applications. 🔗 bit.ly/3VlY1bR
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Day 0 @ AWS re:Invent🚀 Up early and writing #TheSpeakerBook, and I have the Sphere for company behind me!🔆 #AWS #Serverless #reinvent #reinvent2024 #awsreinvent #Vegas #TheSphere
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Lee Gilmore @serverlessadvocate.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
In issue #13, our Serverless expert of the week is AWS Serverless Hero Marcin Sodkiewicz, our spotlight falls on AWS Serverless Hero Luc van Donkersgoed, we look at the latest exciting serverless news, service updates, and more! 🚀 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/13-time-to... #aws #serverless
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#13 Time to Travel to re:Invent ✈️
In this week’s issue, we have more great insights from our Serverless Expert of the week Marcin Sodkiewicz, the spotlight falls on Luc van Donkersgoed, latest releases, news and more!
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Eoin Shanaghy @eoin.sh · 29/11/2024
We have a fresh episode, with a quick run through the impressive announcements from #AWS over the last few weeks! 📻 awsbites.com/136-20-amazi...
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20 Amazing New AWS Features
In this pre-re:Invent 2024 episode, Luciano and Eoin discuss some of their favorite recent AWS announcements, including improvements to AWS Step Functions, Lamb...
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Hey @benjasl.bsky.social, nice to see you here!👋
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
✨Serverless Spotlight Hour with Serverless Guru, #TheServerlessBook, & I at AWS re:Invent✨ Booth #1593 Thursday 11:30 AM Book signing and giveaway event! It's after Werner's keynote & an opportunity to interact with the Gurus on everything #AWS & #Serverless! @paulchinjr.bsky.social #awsreinvent
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Bala @bala.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Think, Architect, and Sustain Your Serverless Applications As [Set] Pieces!
Sheen Brisals discusses how the characteristics of serverless influence us to think in a new way of architecting and evolving modern applications as set pieces
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David Boyne @boyney123.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I want to get back into writing content. So here's my first post. Here is a list of 5 open source standards and specifications (with resources) that can help you build event-driven architectures. Including: OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, CloudEvents, Arazzo and xRegistry. www.boyney.io/blog/2024-11...
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5 open source standards you should know when building event-driven architectures
Overview of 5 open source standards and specifications you should know when building event-driven architectures
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
PORTO Tech Conference is about to kick off. Amazing day instore. @loige.co and I are here speaking #pth2024
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Just a couple of weeks actively in the blue; I would take that for any day! @skircle.bsky.social 🙏
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It was such a great session with Khawaja Shams of Momento and my co-author @lukehedger.bsky.social, organized by @gotocon.com #AWS #Serverless #TheServerlessBook #cloud #GOTO
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📔"Speak Effectively At Conferences: How to Plan, Practice, and Perform" Thrilled to unveil the Title & Cover (draft) of my upcoming book. #TheSpeakerBook is for anyone to understand the nuances of conferences & deliver compelling talks! ETA - February 2025 #Speaking #AWS #Speakers #Serverless
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Werner @wernervogels.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Excited to introduce the inaugural Now Go Build CTO Fellows, in partnership with @TechToTheRescue. These tech leaders are going above and beyond to innovate and make a big impact in disaster management and climate resilience. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2024/11/intr...
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Introducing the inaugural Now Go Build CTO Fellows
Earlier this year, I announced the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship. A program designed to empower leaders from nonprofits and social impact organizations solving hard human problems. Today, I'm excited to...
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Jeremy Daly @jeremydaly.com · 20/11/2024
Issue #306 of Off-by-none is out! This week, AWS #Lambda turns 10 years old, DynamoDB announces a massive price cut, and #serverless Python and .NET get snappy. Plus, we recognize @monicaontech.bsky.social as our ⭐️ of the week! #offbynone offbynone.io/issues/306/
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10 years of AWS Lambda! 🥳 - Off-by-none
In this issue, AWS Lambda turns 10 years old, DynamoDB announces a massive price cut, and Python and .NET on Lambda get snappy.
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Julian Wood @julianwood.com · 19/11/2024
Want to discover #serverless and application integration things at #reInvent? See our handy guide. Sessions and where to find parties included!
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The serverless attendee’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services
AWS re:Invent 2024 offers an extensive selection of serverless and application integration content. AWS re:Invent Banner For detailed descriptions and schedule, visit the AWS re:Invent Session…
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I asked AI to create a 10th-anniversary cake - to tease the PORTO Tech Conference audience next week. As it is a general tech conference, I'm curious how many will guess it correctly. Therefore, I prompted it to be neutral except for the color.😀 #AWS #Serverless #Lambda #reinvent2024
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Jeff Barr @jeffbarr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead - aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw...
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Sheen Brisals @sheenbrisals.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
An excellent summary of 10 years of #Serverless by @jeff-barr.com. Fascinating industry adoption so far & let's say, many more years so forth! Humbled to see #TheServerlessBook mentioned in the resources section.🙏 aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aw... #AWS @lukehedger.bsky.social #reinvent2024 #cloud
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AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | Amazon Web Services
Explore the journey of AWS Lambda, the pioneering serverless computing service, from its 2013 inception to powering over two million users and tens of trillions of function invocations monthly.
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Luciano Mammino 📙 Node.js Design Patterns @loige.co · 18/11/2024
For those who know me, I run a FREE weekly #newsletter for devs: FullStack Bulletin. Today's issue drops soon! I’ve added a mini-article sharing what I learned last week building a #TypeScript, #React, #Next.js app with an #API first approach. Subscribe 👇 fullstackbulletin.com
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