Jeremy Daly

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How To: Optimize the Serverless Optimizer Plugin

Learn how to use the Serverless Optimizer Plugin to reduce deployment package sizes and optimize your dependencies. Plus, I'll show you how to configure your Serverless project to skip optimization on locally run functions.

Solving the Cold Start Problem

I have a serious problem: I love AWS Lambda! In fact, I love it so much that I've pretty much gone all in on this whole #serverless thing. My only problem is Cold Starts, especially for my API use cases. Read the solution I proposed to the Lambda team.

Lambda API: v0.5 Released

v0.5 takes advantage of AWS Lambda's recently released support for Node v8.10 and has removed its Bluebird promise dependency in favor of async/await. Lambda API is now faster and adds built-in CORS support, additional wildcard features, new HTTP header management methods and more.

How To: Stub ".promise()" in AWS-SDK Node.js

Appending AWS-SDK's ".promise()" to the end of calls is a clean and simple way to create asynchronous operations. Stubbing these calls with Sinon.js tests can be a bit tricky, but this article explains exactly how to do it without modifying production code.

How To: Normalize URLs Stored in MySQL

After discovering an issue with a partner's URL redirection implementation, we had to change our strategy and clean up our database with a simple query to normalize URLs.

Is Code Really Self-Documenting?

Learn how to better document your software by writing cleaner code, following some general commenting etiquette, and commenting more effectively to make you and your team more productive.

Securing Serverless: A Newbie's Guide

A practical guide to security for your serverless applications. Learn best practices, how to mitigate risks, and how to keep your users' data safe.

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