
Real World Serverless with theburningmonk
A podcast where we talk about real-world use of Serverless technologies from engineers who work with them day-to-day. We will discuss use cases, why they chose serverless and the pain points and challenges they face. If you want to know what it's REALLY like to work with serverless, this is the show for you.
Latest episodes

Jan 20, 2021 • 1h 5min
#45: Real-World Serverless with Nick van Hoof
You can find Nick on Twitter as @TheNickVanHoof.Here are the links to things we discussed in the episode:Nick’s blogCloudway - a Serverless-focused consultancy where Nick used to workAppSync Masterclass, from yours truly ;-)Middy’s validator middleware - for doing response validationLumigo, the best observability platform for serverless applicationsServerlessDays Belgium meetupFor 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

Jan 13, 2021 • 48min
#44: Real-World Serverless with Ryan Jones
You can find Ryan on Twitter as @ryanjonesirl.Get in touch with Ryan and the team at ServerlessGuru at https://serverlessguru.com and check out their podcast TalkingServerless.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Dec 30, 2020 • 28min
#43: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 2)
You can find Ant on Twitter as @IamStan.Links to things we discussed in the episode:re:invent 2020 in review (serverless) with me and Ant Stanleyre:invent 2020 in review (containers) with Ant Stanley and Vlad IonescuAnt's new Interrupt publicationmidway framework by TencentHow a company racked up $72,000 in GCP bills overnightSenzo workshops in January:Production-Ready Serverless by meRunning containers on AWS by Vlad IonescuTesting Serverless Applications by Slobodan Stojanovic and Aleksandar SimovicNode.js for Serverless by Ant StanleyFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Dec 23, 2020 • 37min
#42: Real-World Serverless with Ant Stanley (part 1)
You can find Ant on Twitter as @IamStan.Links to things we discussed in the episode:re:invent 2020 in review (serverless) with me and Ant Stanleyre:invent 2020 in review (containers) with Ant Stanley and Vlad IonescuAnt's new Interrupt publicationmidway framework by TencentHow a company racked up $72,000 in GCP bills overnightSenzo workshops in January:Production-Ready Serverless by meRunning containers on AWS by Vlad IonescuTesting Serverless Applications by Slobodan Stojanovic and Aleksandar SimovicNode.js for Serverless by Ant StanleyFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Dec 16, 2020 • 39min
#41: The future of JVM on Lambda with Vadym Kazulkin
You can find Vadym on Twitter as @VKazulkin and on LinkedIn here.Here are the frameworks that Vadym mentioned in the show:GraalVMMicronaut frameworkQuarkusFor more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Dec 9, 2020 • 46min
#40: Serverless at Space Ape Games with Louis McCormack
You can find Louis on Twitter as @louism517 and on LinkedIn here.See open positions at Space Ape Games here and To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Dec 2, 2020 • 39min
#39: Fighting COVID with serverless with Denis Bauer
You can find Denis on Twitter as @allPowerde and on LinkedIn here.Find out more about the work Denis and CSIRO at bioinformatics.csiro.au.To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Nov 18, 2020 • 21min
#38: Serverless in the Enterprise with Mike Roberts
You can find Mike on Twitter as @mikebroberts on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Mike's new book, Programming Lambda in JavaJeremy Daly's podcast with Mike on ServerlessChatsMike's YouTube channelMike's blogTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Nov 11, 2020 • 33min
#37: Programming Lambda in Java with Mike Roberts
You can find Mike on Twitter as @mikebroberts on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Mike's new book, Programming Lambda in JavaJeremy Daly's podcast with Mike on ServerlessChatsMike's YouTube channelMike's blogTo learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Nov 4, 2020 • 53min
#36: Serverless at New10 with Ricardo Torres
You can find Ricardo on LinkedIn here.Here are links to what we discussed in the show:Middy middleware engine for javascript functionPackagephobia to find the cost of adding new dependency to your projectVacancies at New10To learn how to build production-ready Serverless applications, go to productionreadyserverless.com.For more stories about real-world use of serverless technologies, please follow us on Twitter as @RealWorldSls and subscribe to this podcast.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0