Along with the rise of Kubernetes, there is another shift that is happening under the hood – the rise of serverless architecture, which is quietly rewriting the way we deploy and scale applications, with Java taking a lead. Java, which is usually associated with legacy code and monolithic enterprise applications, has been slowly but steadily … Read more
In modern cloud-native application development, scalability, efficiency, and flexibility are paramount. As organizations increasingly migrate their workloads to the cloud, architects are embracing innovative technologies and design patterns to meet the growing demands of their systems. Two such technologies—Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with serverless computing and event-driven architectures—offer powerful tools for building scalable and … Read more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides an expansive suite of tools to help developers build and manage serverless applications with ease. By abstracting the complexities of infrastructure, AWS enables teams to focus on innovation. When combined with the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), serverless architectures become a powerhouse for creating intelligent, … Read more
The Day Our Serverless Dream Turned into a Nightmare It was 3 PM on a Tuesday. Our “serverless” order processing system — built on AWS Lambda and API Gateway — was humming along, handling 1,000 transactions/minute. Then, disaster struck. A sudden spike in traffic caused Lambda timeouts, API Gateway threw 5xx errors, and customers started … Read more
I still remember the day our CTO walked into the engineering huddle and declared, “We’re moving everything to Kubernetes.” It was 2017, and like many teams caught in the container hype cycle, we dove in headfirst with more excitement than wisdom. What followed was a sobering 18-month journey of steep learning curves, 3 AM incident … Read more
If you would like to run your own solution without any costs and get familiar with serverless architecture, I’d encourage you to look at CloudFare. Recently, I tried to assemble all the pieces together to make the Next.js application authorization work on Cloudflare and faced a lot of issues. Provided examples on the official site and demos on other … Read more
Serverless computing has changed how teams build apps that scale effortlessly. But here’s the catch: popular tools like Node.js and Python often face delays when starting up, hog memory, or just don’t perform as smoothly as needed. That’s where Rust shines. Built for lightning speed and reliability without the bulk, it’s quickly becoming the secret … Read more
In recent years, cloud-native applications have become the go-to standard for many businesses to build scalable applications. Among the many advancements in cloud technologies, serverless architectures stand out as a transformative approach. Ease-of-use and efficiency are the two most desirable properties for modern application development, and serverless architectures offer these. This has made serverless the … Read more
Neon is now available on the Azure marketplace. The new integration between Neon and Azure allows you to manage your Neon subscription and billing through the Azure portal as if Neon were an Azure product. Azure serverless and Neon are a natural combination — Azure serverless frees you from managing your web server infrastructure. Neon … Read more
Serverless computing has become a key part of modern applications, allowing for flexible scaling, lower costs, and event-based workflows. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Functions is a fully managed platform that lets the user run functions on demand. It supports multiple users, scales easily, and provides serverless computing. Ansible is a powerful automation tool that makes … Read more