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Mar 27, 2024 • 54min

#99: Azure Functions deep dive with Ian Griffiths

Ian Griffiths, Technical Fellow at Endjin and Microsoft MVP, talks about Azure Functions in this podcast. Topics include unique use cases like monitoring shipping, comparing AWS Step Functions and Azure Logic Apps, language support and security considerations, hosted processes, and the RX.NET project.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 53min

#98: How DAZN streams live sports to millions of concurrent viewers

Learn about the challenges of streaming live sports to millions of concurrent viewers, including ensuring uptime during CDN outages and delivering a seamless playback experience. Dive into the complexities of optimizing serverless architectures and the transition from Lambda to containerized solutions for enhanced performance. Explore how DAZN integrates global commentary into live sports streams and the importance of localized viewing experiences for maintaining high uptime.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 53min

#97: 10x Lambda cold start performance with LLRT

In this episode, I spoke with Richard Davison, the creator of the new LLRT (Low Latency Runtime) for Lambda. We talked about the motivation for a specialised JavaScript runtime for Lambda, how it achieves the insane cold start time and the trade-offs they had to make.Links from the episode:GitHub repo for LLRTAPI compatibility listQuickJs engineOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Feb 21, 2024 • 60min

#96: How Fathom saved $100k/year in their AWS bill

In this episode, I spoke with Jack Ellis, who is a co-founder of Fathom. We into the cost optimizations that he used to save Fathom $100k/year on their AWS bill.Links from the episode:Fathom's technical blogJack's personal pageJack's newsletterOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Feb 14, 2024 • 57min

#95: How Dunelm went from on-prem to serverless while going faster

In this episode, I spoke with Mark White, who is a principal engineer at Dunelm, a leading home furnishing retailer in the UK.We talked about Dunelm's journey from on-premise infrastructure to serverless and how they stayed agile while migrating their systems to this new paradigm safely.We discussed the challenges of shifting the engineering culture and habits to fit the constraints and opportunities that serverless technologies offer. And we recounted Dunelm's success and failure stories along the way.Links from the episode:Dunelm's Engineering blogEp77 Microfrontends with Luca MezzaliraUnleashing The Power Of Frontend Distributed Systems With AWSOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Dec 27, 2023 • 1h 15min

#94: Serverless Framework v4 with Austen Collins

In this episode, I spoke with Austen Collins, founder and CEO of Serverless Inc. about the upcoming release of Serverless Framework v4.We talked about the origin of the Serverless Framework and the challenges it faces. We discussed the rationale behind the upcoming changes in v4. Including the ability to easily switch between containers and Lambda functions as the deployment target, and the revenue share model for Extensions.Links from the episode:* Serverless v4 announcement post* HashiCorp's license change announcement* Ep87 with Anton Babenko on the Terraform pricing change* Ep88 with AJ Stuyvenberg on Lambda cold start mistakes* State of Serverless report 2023Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Dec 13, 2023 • 58min

#93: Building serverless AI apps with Sam Williams

Sam Williams, an AI app developer, discusses his experience of building serverless AI apps. Topics include work-life balance, living in a van, and using AI for LinkedIn and SAS landing pages. They also explore using chat GPT to write a Chrome extension and using AI for generating furnished property images in real estate. The advantages of building serverless apps, including scalability and cost-efficiency, are also discussed.
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Dec 6, 2023 • 53min

#92 - Rise of the AI Engineer with Shawn Wang

Shawn Wang, the coined term 'AI Engineer,' talks about the evolution of software development, the rise of AI engineers, AGI, and his 'smol-developer' project that facilitates quick project bootstrapping using prompt engineering.
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Nov 29, 2023 • 51min

#91: DevOps Reimagined with Patrick deBois on the Future of AI and DevOps

In this episode, I spoke with Patrick deBois, who is known as the "father of DevOps" as he coined the term "DevOps" in 2009.In a wide-ranging conversation, we talked about the evolution of DevOps, what it means in 2023 and how it related to "Platform Engineering".We also talked about AI, how AI technologies are impacting software development, and what developers can do to prepare themselves for what is to come.Links from the episode:Patrick’s YouTube channelPatrick's Twitter profilePatrick's LinkedIn profileEp81 with Matt Carey on LangChain and testing AI applicationsBlog post on testing GenAI applicationsEp84 with Charity Majors on Observability, OTEL, and DevOpsPatrick's course on learning LLM, from dev, sec and ops perspectiveOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Nov 22, 2023 • 49min

#90: He built a hotel booking system that costs $0.82/month to run

In this episode, I spoke with Hieu Do, who is a Solution Architect at FPT Software in Vietnam. As a side project, he built a hotel booking system for a friend using entirely serverless technologies.He shared his experience and learnings from building this system and how he was able to keep the cost down. After running the system for a year, the system only costs an average of $0.82 per month and serves over 3000 users per day.There are some useful tips that everyone can apply. Such as reducing the cost of API Gateway by cutting out the OPTION requests associated with CORS. Or looking out for CloudWatch costs when using 3rd party services that poll CloudWatch data, such as NewRelic.Links from the episode:Hieu's article on running a serverless hotel booking system for a yearPuppeteerChrome Lambda LayerVendia serverless-express frameworkHieu's Linkedin profile-----For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please subscribe to the channel and follow me on X as @theburningmonk.And if you're hungry for more insights, best practices, and invaluable tips on building serverless apps, make sure to subscribe to our free newsletter and elevate your serverless game! https://theburningmonk.com/subscribeOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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