The Serverless Mindset Podcast
JONES ZACHARIAH NOEL | Building Event-Driven Applications on AWS
Episode notes
Welcome to the eighth episode of The Serverless Mindset podcast!
In this episode, I chat with Jones Zachariah Noel, an AWS Serverless Hero and DevRel at Freshworks in Bengaluru, India.
Show highlights
* Best options for choreography vs orchestration within the AWS ecosystem
* Why direct integrations are often to be preferred over custom code, even though there are challenges (such as testing)
* Why Jones recommends using SAM (Amazon’s Serverless Application Model) for building distributed serverless applications
* A bunch of useful testing techniques for event-driven applications
* How to prevent your Step Functions setup from turning into a monolithic system
* Rules of thumb for when to prefer orchestration vs choreography
Links and resources
* Everything AWS, Serverless and Architectures (newsletter curated by Jones)
* Jones Zachariah Noel on Twitter
* SAM
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