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Nov 16, 2022 • 34min

#69: Teaching the world about Serverless with Sam Williams

In this episode, I spoke with Sam Williams, who runs the Complete Coding YouTube channel where he teaches about AWS and Serverless. He recently published a new video course called "Master AWS Serverless with 7 Real World Projects" and shared some helpful tips on picking the right course and how you can get the most from these courses.Sam is also a serverless consultant and has helped many startups adopt serverless technologies successfully. We also discussed why it's a no-brainer for startups to choose serverless over containers nowadays!Links from the episode:Sam's new video course, "Master AWS Serverless with 7 Real World Projects", get 20% OFF with the code YANSam's YouTube channelSam's video using his homemade lightboardMy "AppSync Masterclass" video courseFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up your AWS game and learn how to build production-ready serverless applications? Check out my upcoming workshops and I will teach you everything I know.Opening 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 2, 2022 • 45min

#68: Event-driven architecture at PostNL with Luc van Donkersgoed

In this episode, I spoke with AWS Serverless Hero Luc van Donkersgoed about how PostNL is using serverless technologies and discussed the challenges of building event-driven architectures and how PostNL tackles problems such as schema validation and testing.Links from the episode:Build cloud-native apps with Serverless interaction testingIT vacancies at PostNLAWS Distro for OpenTelemtryAWS X-Ray vs LumigoMy upcoming Testing Serverless Architectures video courseFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up your AWS game and learn how to build production-ready serverless applications? Check out my upcoming workshops and I will teach you everything I know.Opening 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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Sep 6, 2022 • 38min

#67: High-Performance Computing with serverless at scale with Eoin Shanaghy

In this episode, I caught up with Eoin Shanaghy to talk about his work at FourTheorem, a boutique consultancy based out of Ireland. We touched on many topics, including the challenges for serverless adoption at enterprises and a super interesting client project he worked on, which involved using serverless at scale in a high-performance computing environment.Links from the episode:FourRheorem websiteAWS Bites#39: Fighting COVID with serverless with Denis BauerFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up your AWS game and learn how to build production-ready serverless applications? Check out my upcoming workshops and I will teach you everything I know.Opening 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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Aug 23, 2022 • 36min

#66: Understanding team topologies with Nick Tune and Kacper Gunia

In this episode, I spoke with Nick Tune and Kacper Gunia to talk about Team Topologies, i.e. how to structure businesses and teams so that you can get stuff done faster. Companies often struggle to adopt modern software development practices and technologies because their team structures are misaligned with the practices they're trying to adopt. In this conversation, we will discuss what is team topologies, having the right incentives and funding models for teams, common anti-patterns, the problems with scrum and so much more! Links from the episode:London DDD meetup groupIndependent Value Streams with Domain-Driven Design (3h video course)teamtopologies.comFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Want to step up your AWS game and learn how to build production-ready serverless applications? Check out my upcoming workshops and I will teach you everything I know.Opening 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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Aug 16, 2022 • 50min

#65: Finding success on AWS IQ with Adam Elmore

Adam Elmore, an AWS DevTools Hero, shares his experience of passing all 12 AWS certifications in 2 weeks. He discusses finding success on the AWS IQ platform, his new project public.dev, the lack of performance-focused site builders, live streaming on Twitch, and his plans for a new video course.
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Jul 5, 2022 • 27min

#64: Revolutionising scientific experiments with Emerald Cloud Lab

Links from the episode:AWS Startup blog: how Emerald Cloud Lab is revolutionizing the laboratory using AWSwww.emeraldcloudlab.comFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening 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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Jun 21, 2022 • 30min

#63: CDK at Liberty Mutual with Kristi Prreault

Links from the episode:Kristi's articles on dev.toKristi's medium blogWomen Impact Tech conference in DenverServerlessDays DenverServerless Denver user groupBusiness Insider article by KristiFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening 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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May 31, 2022 • 32min

#62: Solve the challenges with serverless caching with Khawaja Shams

Links from the episode:momentohq.commomento client examplesmeta engineering blog - introducing mcroutermcrouter repoFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening 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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Apr 5, 2022 • 30min

#61: Serverless at Slidebean

Links from the episode:slidebean.comrecurring.coFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening 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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Mar 23, 2022 • 44min

#60: Building a serverless payment platform at Melio

You can follow Omer Baki and Or Cohen on social media here:Omer Baki - LinkedInOr Cohen - LinkedInLinks from the episode:How we built Melio's payments platform on AWS ServerlessMelio's R&D blogFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.To learn how to build production-ready serverless applications, check out my upcoming workshops.Opening 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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