Talking Serverless The Talking Serverless Podcast

Delve into the world of advanced tools in the serverless ecosystem with our special guest, Simon Mac Donald from Begin!

Simon has over twenty years of development experience and has worked on a variety of projects, including object-oriented databases, police communication systems, speech recognition, and unified messaging. His current focus is contributing to the open-source projects Architect and Enhance to enable developers to create functional web applications. Simon’s been building web applications since they were written using shell scripts-- he still has nightmares about those dark days.

In this episode we:
-Decode Functional Web Apps (FWAs) and their significance in today's development landscape.
-Explore the aws-lite SDK, Begin's lightweight alternative to traditional AWS SDKs, revolutionizing interactions with AWS.
-Uncover the Enhance framework, a full-stack approach to web development, designed to streamline the process in a serverless environment.
-Shift our focus to Architect, Begin's deployment tool, simplifying and enhancing the deployment experience for serverless applications.
-Dive into the future of serverless technology and Begin's role in shaping it.

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Explore Begins tools and offerings: https://begin.com

Serverless Guru is your guide on the journey to cloud excellence: https://www.serverlessguru.com/


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Delve into the world of advanced tools in the serverless ecosystem with our special guest, Simon Mac Donald from Begin!

Simon has over twenty years of development experience and has worked on a variety of projects, including object-oriented databases, police communication systems, speech recognition, and unified messaging. His current focus is contributing to the open-source projects Architect and Enhance to enable developers to create functional web applications. Simon’s been building web applications since they were written using shell scripts-- he still has nightmares about those dark days.

In this episode we:
-Decode Functional Web Apps (FWAs) and their significance in today's development landscape.
-Explore the aws-lite SDK, Begin's lightweight alternative to traditional AWS SDKs, revolutionizing interactions with AWS.
-Uncover the Enhance framework, a full-stack approach to web development, designed to streamline the process in a serverless environment.
-Shift our focus to Architect, Begin's deployment tool, simplifying and enhancing the deployment experience for serverless applications.
-Dive into the future of serverless technology and Begin's role in shaping it.

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Explore Begins tools and offerings: https://begin.com/

Serverless Guru is your guide on the journey to cloud excellence: https://www.serverlessguru.com/


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Explore the fusion of serverless tech & generative AI with Richard Boyd. Uncover integration strategies with tools and projects that illustrate the impact of this work and insights into what the future holds for this technological synergy. Tune in as we Talk Serverless!

Richard Boyd is a Software Engineer with a passion for building cloud-native applications that are easy to maintain and even easier to use.



This episode features:

-The blend of serverless architectures and generative AI

-Richard's innovative approaches to overcoming integration challenges and showcasing successes blending serverless and generative AI

-Balanced perspective on the pros and cons of this cutting-edge integration


Meet Richard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-h-boyd/Meet Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchinjr/


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Explore the fusion of serverless tech & generative AI with the incredible Richard Boyd. Uncover integration strategies with tools and projects that illustrate the impact of this work and insights into what the future holds for this technological synergy. Tune in as we Talk Serverless!

Richard Boyd is a Software Engineer with a passion for building cloud-native applications that are easy to maintain and even easier to use.



This episode features:

-The blend of serverless architectures and generative AI

-Richard's innovative approaches to overcoming integration challenges and showcasing successes blending serverless and generative AI

-Balanced perspective on the pros and cons of this cutting-edge integration


Meet Richard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-h-boyd/Meet Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchinjr/


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In the inaugural episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast with new host Paul Chin Jr., we delve into the captivating journey of Danielle Heberling, an AWS Serverless Hero and software engineer extraordinaire.

Danielle's background includes being a musician and
teaching at a K-8 public school. She got her start in the Serverless world through her work at Stackery. Stackery was acquired by AWS and was relaunched as AWS Application Composer. In 2023 she was named an AWS Serverless Hero. Overall she’s passionate about building things that make the world a better place, whether that be through social change or a good laugh. When she’s not coding, you can often find her reaching back to her teaching roots by mentoring folks from underrepresented groups who would like to make a career switch into tech.
This episode features:
-Danielle’s multifaceted background and pivotal role in serverless cloud engineering.

-The evolving landscape of front-end and back-end architectures to the burgeoning opportunities and challenges within the realm of serverless technology.

-Intricacies of career transitions, the significance of community support, and the perpetual pursuit of knowledge in the dynamic domain of cloud technology.

Join us on this illuminating journey through the world of serverless technology, only on the Talking Serverless Podcast!


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Ryan Jones is joined by Vadym Kazulkin!

Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Development at ip.labs GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the FUJIFILM Group, based in Bonn, Germany. ip.labs is the world's leading white-label e-commerce software imaging company.

Vadym has been involved with the Java ecosystem for over twenty years. His focus and interests currently include the design and implementation of highly scalable and available applications, Serverless and AWS Cloud. Vadym is the co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup and AWS Community Builder in the Serverless category and a frequent speaker at various Meetups and conferences.

More about Vadym:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VKazulkin 

GitHub: https://github.com/Vadym79/ 

Last article of his series about AWS SnapStart: https://dev.to/aws-builders/measuring-java-11-lambda-cold-starts-with-snapstart-part-6-priming-the-request-invocation-30od


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