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I've joined CloudZero as the Director of Research
As I step into this exciting new role, I look forward to a bright future for Ampt, Off-by-none, and my commitment to the cloud and serverless communities
Lambda Tail Warming
An optimistic warming strategy to mitigate cold starts for low-traffic AWS Lambda functions.
On writing
I've always considered myself a decent writer, but this year, I plan on challenging myself, and holding my work to a higher standard.
New year, new blog!
After 9 years of self-hosted WordPress on EC2, I'm finally converting my blog to Eleventy and deploying it to AWS serverless services with Ampt.
I love serverless, but it got something dramatically wrong
Serverless too closely couples the underlying cloud infra with your app and business logic. This shifts too many burdens onto the average app developer.
Serverless Caching with Momento and MongoDB
Serverless take the wheel
Serverless requires developers to cede some control to the hyperscaler, but this actually ensures better outcomes and increases developer productivity.
The side effect of increasing developer responsibility
Why we can't stop talking about ChatGPT
Not so serverless Neptune
With the launch of Amazon Neptune Serverless, have we strayed so far from the purest definition of serverless that there is no going back?
The cloud isn't the issue, you're just using it wrong
In the cloud, we should be renting services, not servers. But we still have a ways to go before we realize its full potential.
Serverless Platform Engineering
How does the discipline of platform engineering apply to serverless and companies that embrace the serverless-first mindset?
Getting abstractions wrong with AWS SAM Serverless Connectors
AWS SAM Serverless Connectors are an attempt to abstract away the IAM complexities of connecting serverless services. Unfortunately, they missed the mark.
Cloud Native versus Native Cloud apps
Applications of the future are the ones built for the PUBLIC cloud and all its awesome power, not the ones still chained to the data centers of the past.
Can serverless really save polar bears?
If we were to make better choices in the cloud, could we actually reduce our impact on the environment and save the polar bears?