Month: May 2022

AWS S3 Object Lambda is one of the most innovative yet underutilized AWS services. It allows you to intercept S3 GET requests and transform data on-the-fly using a Lambda function—without storing multiple copies of the data. Use cases include PII redaction, image resizing, format conversion, decompression, and dynamic watermarking. This comprehensive guide covers architecture patterns, […]

Azure Container Apps (ACA) represents Microsoft’s vision for a serverless container platform that sits between Azure Functions and Azure Kubernetes Service in complexity. Now Generally Available, ACA provides a fully managed environment for deploying containerized applications with built-in support for KEDA autoscaling, Dapr integration, and seamless CI/CD. Having deployed multiple production workloads on ACA, this […]

Lambda Function URLs provide a built-in HTTPS endpoint without API Gateway. This simplifies architectures and reduces cost for simple use cases. When to Use Use Function URLs: Webhooks, internal services, simple APIs. Use API Gateway: Rate limiting, API keys, request validation, caching.