Creating Serverless Projects

In a server less environment, Amazon Lambda can be used in conjunction with Amazon API Gateway for HTTP interfacing, Amazon S3 for storage, Amazon ElastiCache for caching and DynamoDB/RDS for database storage. Checkout the Servless Application Framework at serverless.com for more info.

Securing data in AWS

Infrastructure should be treated as code, I.e. Version control systems. Automate security and increase testing frequency via CI/CD. Fail early and fast. Test at production scale. No need to keep the test servers alive. Spin up the entire production environment in test, deploy the code, run the tests and then tear down the environment. Continue reading →