Category: Application Services

This post written by Ben Freiberg, Senior Solutions Architect. AWS Step Functions introduces an enhanced local IDE experience to simplify building state machines. Workflow Studio is now available within Visual Studio Code (VS Code) through the AWS Toolkit extension. With this integration, developers can author and edit state machines in their local IDE using the […]

This post written by Uma Ramadoss, Principal Specialist SA, Serverless and Vinita Shadangi, Senior Specialist SA, Serverless. Today, AWS Step Functions is expanding the capabilities of Distributed Map by adding support for JSON Lines (JSONL) format. JSONL, a highly efficient text-based format, stores structured data as individual JSON objects separated by newlines, making it particularly […]

Welcome to the 27th edition of the AWS Serverless ICYMI (in case you missed it) quarterly recap. At the end of a quarter, we share the most recent product launches, feature enhancements, blog posts, webinars, live streams, and other interesting things that you might have missed! In case you missed our last ICYMI, check out […]

This post is written by Kurt Tometich, Senior Solutions Architect, and Giedrius Praspaliauskas, Senior Solutions Architect, Serverless Event-driven architectures face challenges with event validation due to unique domains, varying event formats, frequencies, and governance levels. Events are constantly evolving, requiring a balanced approach between speed and governance. This blog post describes approaches to consumer and […]

This post is written by Uma Ramadoss, Principal Specialist SA, Serverless and Dhiraj Mahapatro, Principal Specialist SA, Amazon Bedrock AWS Step Functions is introducing variables and JSONata data transformations. Variables allow developers to assign data in one state and reference it in any subsequent steps, simplifying state payload management without the need to pass data […]

This post is written by Heeki Park, Principal Solutions Architect 1/23/25: This post was updated to correct the AWS CloudFormation templates. Amazon API Gateway is introducing custom domain name support for private REST API endpoints. Customers choose private REST API endpoints when they want endpoints that are only callable from within their Amazon VPC. Custom […]

AWS re:Invent 2024 offers an extensive selection of serverless and application integration content. AWS re:Invent Banner For detailed descriptions and schedule, visit the AWS re:Invent Session Catalog. Join AWS serverless experts and community members at the AWS Modern Apps and Open Source Zone in the AWS Expo Village. This serves as a hub for serverless […]

This post is written by Josh Hart, Principal Solutions Architect and Thomas Moore, Senior Solutions Architect This post explores best practice integration patterns for using large language models (LLMs) in serverless applications. These approaches optimize performance, resource utilization, and resilience when incorporating generative AI capabilities into your serverless architecture. Overview of serverless, LLMs and example […]

This post is written by Dhiraj Mahapatro, AWS Principal Specialist SA, Serverless. AWS Step Functions provides enhanced security with a customer-managed AWS KMS key. This allows organizations to maintain complete control over the encryption keys used to protect their data in Step Functions, ensuring that only allowed principals (IAM role, user, or a group) have access […]

This post is written by Marcos Ortiz, Principal AWS Solutions Architect and Khubyar Behramsha, Sr. AWS Solutions Architect. In this post, you learn how organizations can evolve from a single-Region architecture API Gateway to a multi-Region one, using a reliable failover mechanism without dependencies on AWS control plane operations. An AWS Well-Architected best practice is […]