Episode
Show notes and transcript:
https://www.serverlesschats.com/101
On this episode, Jeremy chats with Julian Wood about how Lambda Extensions open up better integrations with more partners and tools, why container image support enables better workflows, why more developers are adopting event-driven applications, and the impact serverless best practices has had on people and the quality of software.
This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets (https://www.cbtnuggets.com/) and Lumigo (https://lumigo.io/).
Timestamps:
00:00 - Opening Credits
00:31 - Introduction
00:41 - About Julian Wood
02:23 - The balance for the Developer Advocator between advocating for developers to use services and advocating for the developers to provide services that represent their greatest needs
04:41 - The expansion of serverless and an overview of Lambda Extensions
10:41 - A deeper explanation of Lambda Extensions
19:30 - Lambda life cycles and expirations with Lambda Extensions
21: 39 - Thank you to our sponsor, CBT Nuggets
22:52 - Container image support: the workflow used to deploy to Lambda and serverless applications
26:54 - Isolating large dependencies in a container running concurrently with a Lambda layer
29:48 - Ability to Increase the size of containers with container support and how to manage cold starts
31:55 - The evolution and adoption of event driven applications
35:52 - Julian’s favorite resource that changed his thinking about microservices
38:23 - An explanation of EventBridge API destinations and how they fit into the serverless equation
45:08 - Thank you to our sponsor, Lumigo
46:43 - The education processes that Julian practices, the state of serverless education now, where it has evolved, where best practices are coming from
52:32 - Julian addresses the top questions, myths, and concerns about serverless
57:12 - The myth of “no ops” or “ops-less”
59:57 - Wrap up
1:03:46 - End credits