I've always considered myself a decent writer, but this year, I plan on challenging myself, and holding my work to a higher standard ..read more

After 9 years of self-hosted WordPress on EC2, I'm finally converting my blog to Eleventy and deploying it to AWS serverless services with Ampt ..read more

A lot has changed in the 8 years since I started building serverless applications. What used to be a great tool for a limited set of use cases has turned into an extremely powerful ecosystem filled with products, services, and frameworks that not only negate nearly every objection, but allows developers to build native cloud … The post Serverless Caching with Momento and MongoDB appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

More control is a good thing, right? I mean, who doesn’t want the ability to twist every knob and tweak every settings to your heart’s desire so that each minute detail of your infrastructure is artisanally handcrafted? I’ll tell you who: this guy! Why? Because I have neither the time, energy, nor expertise to even … The post Serverless take the wheel appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

It wasn’t that long ago that the vast majority of developers didn’t worry much about infrastructure. Sure, there were plenty of us configuring Linux servers and setting up the occasional MySQL database, but that certainly wasn’t the norm. For those that worked in larger organizations, your code was likely checked into perforce or subversion, and … The post The side effect of increasing developer responsibility appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

When ChatGPT was first released, I remember my Twitter timeline being inundated with screenshot after screenshot of AI generated responses. Everything from simple questions to complex programming logic, with most marveling at the technological advancement. The tech was incredibly interesting, for sure, but to me, it quickly became quite tiring. I even contemplated muting the … The post Why we can’t stop talking about ChatGPT appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

Several years ago I wrote a post asking people to stop calling everything serverless. I even gave a keynote at Serverless Days Milan the following year pleading the same message. My contention was quite simple: “when everything’s serverless, nothing will be.” Back then, “serverless” was still relatively new, and the possibilities were seemingly endless. Sure, there … The post Not so serverless Neptune appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

#Tech Twitter was all abuzz recently after DHH boldly proclaimed and explained why [37signals is] leaving the cloud. A lot of people cheered, some of us jeered, and everyone else just pitched web3 as an alternative solution. DHH’s success has earned him a giant platform and a tremendous amount of influence, and while I often disagree with … The post The cloud isn’t the issue, you’re just using it wrong appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

I’m a huge fan of Charity Majors, and I always learn something new when she shares her thoughts on anything that has to do with cloud and engineering. So when I came across this Twitter post, I grabbed some ? and got ready to have my mind blown. I was not disappointed. A excellent thread about … The post Serverless Platform Engineering appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more

I was intrigued when I first saw the announcement of AWS SAM Serverless Connectors. I don’t use SAM very much (if at all anymore), so it wasn’t the hope of this being some sort of silver bullet for my occasional IAM frustrations that got my attention. Rather, it was another opportunity to learn how AWS … The post Getting abstractions wrong with AWS SAM Serverless Connectors appeared first on Jeremy Daly ..read more