AWS Startups Blog
Create Post-Purchase Notifications using AWS Lambda & Amazon API Gateway with ClaudiaJS
Guest post by Richard Moot, Developer Evangelist, Shippo An easy way for an ecommerce store to improve customer retention is to provide a better post-purchase experience. If you improve the experience for customers after they purchase your product, it increases the likelihood that they will purchase from you again. One solution is to connect Shippo’s […]
From Monoliths to Microservices at Zocdoc
Guest post by Chris Smith, Principal Engineer, Zocdoc Over the last two years, the Zocdoc Engineering team has been decomposing our monolithic web application into a set of isolated microservices. We’ve put thousands of engineering hours into this transition to increase the velocity with which our teams are able to deliver products to patients and […]
Send Data-over-voice Using Alexa with the Chirp Toolkit
Chirp is a London-based startup that provides data-over-sound technology solutions that aid interoperability between networks and devices and simplifies the connection and data-sharing process between devices using sound.
VC 101: How VCs Operate, and What You Should Know as a Founder
Drew Russ, AWS Startup & Venture Capital Business Development Manager, held sessions at the AWS Pop-up Lofts in San Francisco and New York that covered the basics that a founder needs to know about venture capital. From the definition of VCs to mechanics and bargaining, the discussion served as a primer for the second […]
From 0 to 100 K in seconds: Instant Scale with AWS Lambda
Guest post by Michael Mendlawy, Senior developer, Crazylister “What is the best infrastructure for processing massive amounts of requests at unpredictable times?” In this blog post, we describe what led us to ask this question and how AWS Lambda helped us answer it. Before we dive into the nuts and bolts of the solution, a […]
Bringing Art to Amazon Alexa on AWS Lambda
At a recent Artsy board meeting an investor asked, “You’ve shipped a tremendous amount of software in 2016 with a very small team. How did you do that?” Here’s what they did.
A Look Inside Vidora’s Globally Distributed Low-latency A.I.
Guest post by Philip West, Founder, Vidora Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has dominated the tech headlines throughout 2016, and it shows no signs of letting up as we kick off 2017. While the tech giants push A.I. in their own specific ways, many other businesses are looking for solutions to stay up to speed and […]
The Future of Drones is Bright!
By Amanda Mackay, Loft Manager, AWS Startups I haven’t been on a vacation in the past six months where I didn’t see a drone. Just last weekend I was at the top of Donner Summit taking in the beauty of the Sierra Mountains, only to have one zoom past me to get the perfect photo…one […]
Marketing to Developers: What You Need to Know
What’s preventing developers from finding and using your product? Before you promote your product to developers, you should define exactly who your targeted developers are and remove obstacles that are preventing them from adopting your product.
Saving While Scaling: How VigLink Cut Costs by 15% with AWS
In this post, we review how VigLink cut costs by 15% with its strategic use of AWS.