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AWS Bites episodes

October 21, 202107. When do you use Step Functions?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano try to reply to a question suggested by Emily Shea on Twitter (https://twitter.com/em__shea): When do you use Step Functions?
Our answer describes what Step Function is and what you can build with it. We discuss some examples of features that we built in the past using step functions (a billing engine and a crawler) and why. We also discuss what are the main advantages of Step Functions and some things to be aware of, including limitations, cost and when not to use Step Functions.
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
Step functions home page: https://aws.amazon.com/step-functions/

Express step functions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/concepts-standard-vs-express.html

AI As a Service (Book by P. Elger and E. Shanaghy): https://www.manning.com/books/ai-as-a-service
This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AWSBites
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
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- https://twitter.com/loige
10 min
October 15, 202106. Is AWS Lambda cheap or expensive?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about the pricing model for AWS Lambda and describe some cases where it could be a very convenient solution but also cases where it might end up being very expensive (compared to EC2 spot instances).
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
Lambda power tuning: https://github.com/alexcasalboni/aws-lambda-power-tuning

You are thinking about serverless costs all wrong: https://theburningmonk.com/2019/01/you-are-thinking-about-serverless-costs-all-wrong/

Why AWS Lambda Pricing Has to Change for the Enterprise: https://www.infoq.com/articles/aws-lambda-price-change/
This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WPpke5mzsbiij1zGFbeEA
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
8 min
October 08, 202105. What are our favourite AWS services and why?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about their favourite AWS services and why they like them. Spoiler: we talk about EventBridge, Lambda, CloudFormation, CDK, S3, ECS/Fargate plus some honorable mentions like CloudWatch and IAM.
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
SLIC Watch: https://github.com/fourTheorem/slic-watch/
This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WPpke5mzsbiij1zGFbeEA
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
10 min
October 01, 2021 04. What language should you use for Lambda?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about programming languages in the context of Lambda. What language should you use? Actually we really answer the question “what languages do WE like to use in the context of Lambda”. Be ready for a lot of strong opinions in this episode!
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
- AWS Lambda Rust Runtime: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-rust-runtime
This show is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WPpke5mzsbiij1zGFbeEA
You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q
- Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
- Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites
- RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
10 min
September 24, 2021 03. How do you deploy a static website on AWS?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about static websites. What are the main requisites for a static website, where to host them and how to do it in AWS. Finally we touch on some common gotchas and tools that can make it easier for you to deploy static websites on AWS (spoiler: Amplify!).
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
- SLIC Starter: https://github.com/fourTheorem/slic-starter
- Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
- Vercel: https://vercel.com/
- Amplify: https://aws.amazon.com/amplify/
This show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WPpke5mzsbiij1zGFbeEA
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
8 min
September 16, 202102. Should you go for multi-cloud or go all-in on AWS?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about whether you should go all in and build multi-cloud applications or stick to one cloud provider. But first of all we try to define what multi-cloud means for us and how it is different from hybrid-cloud and cloud-agnostic deployments. We also discuss the perils of cloud-agnostic and why you should rather consider having “only” a migration strategy.
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-amazon-ecs-anywhere/

https://aws.amazon.com/eks/eks-anywhere/
Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address?
Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter:
- https://twitter.com/eoins
- https://twitter.com/loige
10 min
September 09, 2021 01. When should I use serverless?
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about what it means to adopt serverless, when you should use AWS Lambda, and when you should not use serverless.
8 min
September 03, 2021 Trailer
Eoin and Luciano are excited to announce AWS Bites, a new weekly podcast on all things AWS.
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