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Serverless is taking the world by storm. Despite there being countless blogs, tutorials, and recommended best practices around serverless, there's shockingly little material on observability. Why? It's hard! Join AJ and Allen as they talk about the difficulties of observing a serverless application, dive into the differences between KPIs and infrastructure metrics, what the future holds for observability, and more. About AJAJ Stuyvenberg is the Engineering Lead for Serverless APM at Datadog, and has been a member of the Serverless community for 6+ years. He's an AWS Community Builder, serverless meetup organizer, open source author, and frequently blogs about Serverless topics.Before Datadog, he was a Principal Engineer at Serverless Inc, the company behind the Serverless Framework.In his spare time, AJ is an avid BASE jumper and enjoys flying his wingsuit in the Alps. Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/astuyve LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stuyvenberg Blog - https://aaronstuyvenberg.com Email: aj@datadoghq.com

Right on the heels of international women's day, we're diving into the current state of diversity in tech and how we're making progress every day. Sure, there's still a long way to go to achieve true equity, equality, and inclusive cultures, but we're celebrating the amazing allies and support systems that are helping us get there. Kristi and Allen start with the basics and answer the foundational question: why is a diverse workforce so beneficial today? The answer is simple: diverse perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and knowledge make for better teams and better products! It's been proven time and time again that diverse teams bring in more money, work more cohesively, and are more innovative. The duo discuss how we can all play a role in building a more diverse and inclusive workforce, and highlight some amazing examples of companies and individuals who are leading the way. So get ready to be inspired and energized to make a difference! About Kristi Kristi Perreault is a Principal Software Engineer at Liberty Mutual Insurance, where her focus is serverless-first development and enterprise enablement. She has been working in the tech industry professionally since 2017, holds an M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering specializing in cloud computing & IoT, and is very passionate about promoting women in technology. Kristi founded the Serverless Denver user group as part of ServerlessDays, co-organizes CDK Day, and writes extensively about serverless and diversity on her blog. You’ll find her speaking about embracing and scaling serverless first initiatives on dozens of podcasts, webinars, conferences, and meetups both virtually and on stage. Kristi is an east coast USA native, and can be found outside of work hiking, reading, traveling, enjoying a poke bowl, or cuddling with her two dogs. Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/kperreault95 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristi-perreault Kristi's blog: https://medium.com/@kristiperreault AWS Portsmouth User Group: https://www.meetup.com/awspug Women Who Code CONNECT Empower: https://hopin.com/events/connect-2023/registration?code=a2O6lvsE5tMt1wqFyAUqk1guQ FemTechConf: https://www.femtechconf.com Python Web Conf: https://2023.pythonwebconf.com

There are about as many "first" approaches to software as there are colors in the rainbow. Front-end first, serverless-first, API-first, test-first, the list goes on and on. Andres Moreno and I cover what it means to be API-first, clarify the definition of serverless-first, and discuss how he managed to build a development process that follows both patterns. Learn about the tooling that helps this highly-optimized team push out high-quality code faster than ever without getting lost in the weeds. About Andres Andres is a lead software engineer at Tyler Technologies with over a decade of experience. He's a skilled AWS serverless engineer and has spent time as an AWS Community Builder. Andres writes in-depth technical content on his blog where he shares his insights on CI/CD, cloud security, and JavaScript. Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/andmoredev LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/andmoredev Personal blog - https://www.andmore.dev Postman - https://postman.com Open API Specification - https://www.openapis.org

Episode Summary Developer experience is often an afterthought when building APIs. But when you build for developers, DevEx is critical to your success. How fast can you make that time to first call? If you have a high barrier of entry, nobody is going to use it. The easier it is to move quickly, the easier it is to spread the word and drive usage. Lars and Allen talk about what makes for good and bad developer experiences. They cover real-world examples and what makes them particularly easy (or bad!) to use. Lars dives into the AWS Step Functions DevEx and what he did to finally get rid of that "swivel chair experience." About Lars Lars is the Head of Infrastructure at Mathem.se and AWS Community Builder. He regularly takes it upon himself to make developer experience better for everyone with his open source tools like the Step Functions SDK Autocomplete VSCode extension and EventBridge pattern generator CLI. He's also the creator of the Step Functions Workflow Studio sync, which aims to address the big gap in usability with the popular AWS service. Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/lajacobsson LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-jacobsson-a9518b23/ GitHub - https://github.com/ljacobsson Step Functions Workflow Studio Sync -https://github.com/ljacobsson/sfn-workflow-studio-sync Mathem's GitHub - https://github.com/mhlabs

Episode Summary Platform engineering is a trending topic in cloud communities these days. Does it replace DevOps? Is it really "the next new thing?" Before we can answer that, we need to understand what platform engineering is and how it is different from DevOps. Allen talks with Ran Isenberg about the responsibilities his team undertakes at CyberArk, some challenges they went through when starting up, and some of the benefits they gained as a company by going serverless. About Ran Ran is a Principal Software Architect at CyberArk and AWS Community Builder based out of Israel. He runs a high-quality serverless blog, Ran The Builder, where he goes into detail on serverless best practices and design. Ran is also a prominent public speaker, regularly talking about serverless and open source contributions. Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/IsenbergRan LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranisenberg Ran The Builder Blog - https://ranthebuilder.cloud

Episode Summary The serverless community is in a heated debate over what constitutes a serverless service. Is it simply abstracting servers away from consumers? Does it include scale to 0? What about cost considerations? All these questions are answered in this talk with Khawaja Shams, co-founder and CEO of Momento. Allen and Khawaja talk shop about the true definition of serverless and how it might evolve in the years to come. About Khawaja Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of Momento, a truly serverless cache. Prior to Momento he ran DynamoDB at AWS and even worked on the Mars Rover! Khawaja is on a mission to spread the true meaning of serverless and bring back the once-powerful definition we all knew and loved. You can find Khawaja on Twitter and LinkedIn. Or you could summon him if you spin around and say "serverless, serverless, serverless!" Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/ksshams LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshams/ Momento - https://gomomento.com Blog: I Don't Know What Serverless Is Anymore - https://readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/i-dont-know-what-serverless-is-anymore