In typical re:Invent fashion, AWS has made a series of big announcements before the main event even kicks off! Here are some groundbreaking serverless updates that you should know about. Lambda scales 12x faster Here’s the official announcement. Lambda has completely revamped how its burst concurrency limit works. Previously there was a region-wide burst limit between 500–3000 and a refill rate of 500 per minute. So if you have a full account concurrency of 10,000 then it will take you 14 mins to reach this max throughput while getting throttled along the way. With the new scaling behavio ..read more

It’s that time of the year again as re:Invent is almost upon us Here is a list of the serverless-related announcements so far that you should know about. CloudFormation imports get easier Here’s the official announcement. Importing resources into CloudFormation was worse than pulling teeth. It was one of the biggest and most common pain points for AWS customers. It’s great to see CloudFormation finally get some love and this is by far my favorite pre:invent announcement this year. Lambda adds JSON logging and custom log groups Here’s the official announcement. This is a big change to ..read more

Open Telemetry (OTel) is an open source observability framework that has garnered significant attention for its powerful capabilities in monitoring metrics, logs and traces.. It is second only to Kubernetes in the CNCF velocity chart with contributions being made from major players in the cloud industry, and has a growing community helping build out a thriving ecosystem. Being open source it provides a vendor neutral approach for observability; instrument once and send the data to any backend for processing and storage As strong advocates for the benefits of OpenTelemetry’s adoption, Lumigo ta ..read more

As autumn graced the vibrant city of Chicago, I had the distinct opportunity to immerse myself in the heart of innovation and camaraderie at the CNCF’s Kubecon North America conference. Over the span of four remarkable days, from Nov 6-9, I was fortunate enough to walk alongside the many enthusiasts, contributors and organizers of open source and cloud native communities.  The essence of KubeCon lies in its unwavering focus on the community—on people like you and me, who find common ground under the vast umbrella of open source philosophy. Whether it was through a spontaneous discussion ..read more

As a developer, when I first stepped into the wonderful world Kubernetes, I was amazed at the endless configuration possibilities it offered for containerized apps. It felt like I was handed the most multifaceted tool for all my deployment needs. But as the saying goes, “With great power comes great responsibility” And in the context of Kubernetes, that responsibility means keeping an eye on a slew of metrics that are crucial for the performance, health, and security of your applications and clusters. Ignoring these metrics or not giving them the attention they deserve is like flying blind in ..read more

As a developer I love automation, Whether it’s orchestrating a smart home or optimizing developer toolchains. Automation injects efficiency into my daily routine, simplifying intricate processes and eliminating repetitive tasks. Especially when it comes to toolchains, I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to boost coding workflows. Cloud Development Kits (CDKs) brought with them a new era of streamlined developer toolchains. They’ve become the backbone of robust application infrastructure, enabling us to swiftly integrate and deploy various tools, and they bring our cloud-based apps to life f ..read more

Webhooks, those wonderful little lifelines connecting one application to another, have become an essential part of our app notification world. They help keep your systems in the loop, notifying them immediately when events of interest occur. This real-time communication ensures that your applications remain responsive, adaptive, and always up-to-date with the latest information. At Lumigo, we’re continually innovating to enhance your monitoring and troubleshooting experience. We’re proud to introduce our new webhook integration feature as part of our already robust alert functionality. With th ..read more

In our journeys as developers, we frequently encounter the need for speed and efficiency. But often, integrating development tools can feel like a time-consuming venture, more so than our usual build processes. If you’ve ever found yourself delving into java logs looking for needles in logstacks, you’ll appreciate the beauty of this 1-click OpenTelemetry. For this blog demo we are going to utilize the wondrous powers of the lumigo distro for Java, Additionally we are going to deploy OpenTelemetry with absolutely no need for changes to our Java Springboot code base.  What is OpenTelemetry ..read more

This is the third blog in our series on Kafka, where we continue to explore the nuances of deploying Kafka for scale. In our previous blogs, Essential Metrics for Kafka Performance Monitoring and Auto-Instrumenting OpenTelemetry for Kafka, we laid the foundation for understanding Kafka’s performance and monitoring aspects. Now, as we explore further into the Kafka ecosystem, we’re here to tackle the common challenges that can arise during deployment and scaling. Kafka has become the backbone of many data-intensive applications, enabling real-time data processing and event-driven architectures ..read more

Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed streaming system that has grown in popularity and usage across the technology industry. Originating from LinkedIn and now part of the Apache Software Foundation, Kafka provides a robust and scalable platform. It’s uniquely designed with an architecture that includes both a storage layer and a compute layer. This dual-layer system enables efficient real-time data ingestion, allowing organizations to establish seamless streaming data pipelines across vast and complex distributed systems. What sets Kafka apart, beyond its technical capabilities, is its a ..read more