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Serverless API with AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, and DynamoDB

February 7, 2023February 14, 2023AWS Services, JavaScript, Node.jsJavascript, nodejs crud, serverless, serverless computing

Reading Time: 5 minutes Since we are using AWS cloud services, make sure you have an account for the AWS Console. Let’s start with some basic concepts of serverless computing and then will build serverless API. Introduction “Serverless computing is a method of providing backend services on an as-used basis”, i.e developers do not need to worry about writing the code for the server, creating the server, maintaining the Continue Reading

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Using Serverless To Save Up To Weeks Of Development Time

September 23, 2022October 31, 2022AWS, AWS Services, Development Techniques, Studio-DevOpsAWS, AWS Lambda, aws s3, AWS Services, AWS VPC, serverless, serverless architecture, serverless computing

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this article, we will talk about how we will be using serverless to save up to weeks of development time. To demonstrate this, we will be taking an example of a RESTful service which is pretty standard and many projects spend weeks of development time in early stages of the project to set it up. If you take a look at the above diagram, Continue Reading

What Is Kalix And Its Advantages

July 19, 2022July 22, 2022Studio-ScalaKalix, Kalix.io, lightbend, PaaS, scala, serverless

Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction Lightbend, the company behind Akka, recently released a new platform Kalix. In this blog, we will see what Kalix and the advantages it offers over the existing systems, and how it will help developers and companies alike. This is an introductory blog and is aimed at developers who are just starting out in their careers and are interested in exploring the latest technologies. What Continue Reading

Kalix.io – Platform-as-a-Service: Server less, Database less

June 6, 2022June 9, 2022Java, scalaDatabaseless, java, Kalix, Kalix.io, serverless

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lightbend, comes with the new product that will meet the current developer problems and reduce the efforts while coding. Kalix.io comes with the advanced features that will compete the feature problems we face while developing Applications. Kalix combines the scalability and cost benefits of serverless infrastructure with the data management and responsiveness of stateful services. This adds up to one managed, cloud-based environment. By bringing Server, Continue Reading

Cloudstate (Part 5): How to work with it?

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021Akka, Cloud, Cloudstate, Kubernetes, Reactive Programmingakka-serverless, cloudstate, Lightbend CoE, serverless, stateful serverless

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our previous blog post, Cloudstate (Part 4): A Bird’s Eye view of its Design, we had a look at bird’s eye view of Cloudstate‘s design. To continue the streak, we are going to learn, how to work with Cloudstate in this blog. Choose Your Language Wisely To work with Cloudstate the first step we need to take is, decide the programming language of our Continue Reading

Cloudstate (Part 2): Why we need it?

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020Cloudstate, LightbendLightbend CoE, serverless, serverless computing, stateful serverless

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our previous blog post, Cloudstate (Part 1): What is it?, we came to know about the Serverless Computing, it’s advantages, and a brief introduction of Cloudstate. In this blog post we will deep dive further into Cloudstate by understanding, why we need it? For which we need to know the limitations of the Serverless Computing. Why? Because Cloudstate overcomes them and that’s why it Continue Reading

Cloudstate (Part 1): What is it?

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020Cloudstate, Lightbend, Studio-ScalaLightbend CoE, Microservices, serverless, serverless computing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Serverless Computing, I hope you have heard or read this term in many tech talks and articles. And that’s because it is trending these days. But what is it? That is the first question that pops up in our mind as soon as we hear or read the term Serverless Computing. In this blog post, we will not only learn about serverless computing, but also Continue Reading

What, Why, and How Cloudstate?

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020Cloudstate, cluster, Docker, Event Sourcing, Studio-Scalaakka-cluster, cloud computing, Introduction, lightbend, serverless, serverless computing, technology

Reading Time: 4 minutes This article talks about the Lightbend’s Cloudstate which is used for serverless computing.

Serverless – Are you ready to 737 Max 8 your core business?

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019Architecture, Business Insights, Studio-Scala, Tech Blogsserverless

Reading Time: 5 minutes Ok, I agree that this is not the best way to draw and comparison and some might find it in bad spirit as well. Apologies for that. But, I am amazed at what the organizations are willing to bet on given the lure of not managing your infrastructure. After the horrendous Max 8 episode, I have become a firm believer of the fact that Technology, Continue Reading

Unveiling The Mystery Of Serverless

March 29, 2018Amazon, AWS, AWS Services, Cloud, Studio-ScalaAWS, azure, server, serverless, serverless architecture, serverless computing

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this blog, we will explore about Serverless and why it is trending so much? Serverless, is itself a self-explanatory word, means there are no servers. But, is it really true? No, it is not. Serverless does not mean the absence of servers. There are servers actually, it’s just that we don’t have to manage them. All the infrastructure is provided by companies like AWS, Google, Azure Continue Reading

Serverless Architecture-Blog-2 (AWS Lambda)

April 1, 2017June 13, 2018Amazon, AWS, AWS Services, Microservices, Studio-ScalaAWS, lambda, serverless

Reading Time: 3 minutes In our last blog, we have seen the serverless introduction, Continuing that in this blog we will implement serverless using AWS lambda. AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. AWS Lambda executes your code only when needed and scales automatically, from a few requests per day to thousands per second.