Author: James Beswick

Lambda functions now support ES modules in Node.js 14.x runtimes. ES modules support await at the top-level of function code. Using top-level await maximizes the effectiveness of provisioned concurrency and can reduce the latency experienced by end users during cold starts.

This blog post performs address validation with the Amazon Location Service, demonstrating both geocoding and reverse geocoding capabilities. Using a serverless architecture with S3 and Lambda, you can achieve both cost optimization and performance improvement compared with traditional methods of address validation.

Welcome to the 15th edition of the AWS Serverless ICYMI (in case you missed it) quarterly recap. Every quarter, we share all of the most recent product launches, feature enhancements, blog posts, webinars, Twitch live streams, and other interesting things that you might have missed! In case you missed our last ICYMI, check out what […]

This post discusses how to perform a load test on a serverless workload. The process was used to validate a scale of Simple Trivia Service, a single- and multi-player game built using a serverless-first architecture on AWS.

This blog explains the choices when designing a cross-Region or a hybrid network of brokers architecture that spans AWS and your data centers. The example starts with a concentrator topology and enhances that with a cross-Region design to help address network routing and network security requirements.

Amazon Athena console now provides an integration with AWS Step Functions’ workflows. You can use the provided patterns to create and visualize Step Functions’ workflows directly from the Amazon Athena console. Step Functions’ workflows that use Athena’s optimized API integration appear in the Athena console. To learn more about Amazon Athena, read the user guide.

With cross-Region event routing in EventBridge, you can now route events to and from any AWS Region. This post explains how to manage and configure cross-Region event routing using CloudFormation and EventBridge resource policies to simplify rule propagation across your global event bus infrastructure. Finally, I walk through an example you can deploy to your AWS account.

This blog post shows how to create a centralized pipeline to build and distribute Lambda layers consistently across multiple Regions. The pipeline is configurable and allows you to adapt the Regions and permissions according to your use-case.

This post explores Lambda’s scaling behavior when subscribed to SQS standard queues. It walks through several ways to scale faster and maximize Lambda throughput when needed. This includes increasing the memory allocation for the Lambda function, increasing batch size, catching errors, and making configuration changes.

In this post, you build a highly available Amazon MQ broker in a private subnet. You layer security by placing the brokers behind a highly scalable Network Load Balancer. You configure routing from a single custom subdomain URL to multiple brokers with a built-in health check.