AWS Bites
Episodes
51. Authentication for a CLI app with Cognito - Live coding PART 4
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-09-16). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so ...
50. Building a File Transfer application on AWS - Live coding PART 3
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-08-31). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so ...
49. Building a File Transfer application on AWS - Live coding PART 2
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-08-24). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so ...
48. Building a File Transfer application on AWS - Live coding PART 1
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode recorded live during a live coding session on YouTube (2022-08-17). The audio-only experience might not be the best one, so ...
47. Preview: How to build a File Transfer application - live!
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode we announce our next initiative: starting some YouTube coding live streams where we build something on AWS. Specifically we ar...
46. How do you do machine learning on AWS?
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The public cloud gives you amazing machine learning powers with a low barrier to entry. Once you know where to begin, you can quickly build solutions ...
45. What’s the magic of OIDC identity providers?
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you are thinking of using an external CICD tool to deploy to AWS you are probably wondering how to securely connect your pipelines to your AWS acco...
44. Do you use CodePipeline or GitHub Actions?
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Automated, Continuous Build and Continuous Delivery are must-haves when building modern applications on AWS. To achieve this, you have numerous option...
43. When is it OK to cheat on AWS?
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We do love AWS, but sometimes we have to admit that it’s not always a silver bullet. There are definitely use cases where it might be worth consider...
42. How do you containerise and run your API with Fargate?
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recently talked about migrating a monolithic application to AWS, using EC2, load balancers, S3 and RDS. In this episode we want to talk about a sli...
41. How can Middy make writing Lambda functions easier?
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lambda functions are small units of code that achieve a specific purpose. It’s always a good idea to keep your code short, clean and simple. And yet...
40. What do you need to know about IAM?
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Identity Access Management, also known as IAM, can be an intimidating service when getting started with AWS. But IAM is also one of those core service...
39. How do you build a cross-account event backbone with EventBridge?
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to building and deploying microservice applications on AWS, there are 2 emerging best practices: use a separate AWS account per applicat...
38. How do you choose the right compute service on AWS?
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to choosing compute services on AWS, there are a lot of options, including EC2, ECS, Lambda, EKS… New ones keep emerging all the time!...
37. How do you migrate a monolith to AWS without the drama?
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Migrating monoliths to the cloud can be a scary, expensive and time consuming and time consuming activity. Many companies try to avoid it even if it c...
36. What’s new for JavaScript developers on AWS?
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are lots of options for programming languages on AWS these days but one of the most popular ones remains JavaScript. In this episode of AWS Bite...
35. How can you become a Logs Ninja with CloudWatch?
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the age of distributed systems we produce tons and tons of logs. This is especially true for AWS when using CloudWatch logs. So how do we make sens...
34. How to get the most out of CloudWatch Alarms?
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CloudWatch is a great service for metrics. You get tons of metrics out of the box and you can also create your custom ones. One of the most important ...
33. What can you do with CloudWatch metrics?
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CloudWatch is the main Observability tool in AWS and it offers a wide range of features: logs, metrics, dashboards, alarms and even events (recently m...
32. What are the benefits of tags?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the benefits of Tags? You have probably seen that you can add tags to almost every resource in AWS… but should you really do it? And if you...
31. CloudFormation or Terraform?
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Should I use CloudFormation or should I use Terraform instead? If you are just starting to do Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) you probably have this que...
30. What can you do with 10GB of Lambda storage?
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AWS Lambda just got a big upgrade in ephemeral storage: you can now have up to 10 GB of storage for your /tmp folder! Before this was limited to “on...
29. Is serverless more secure?
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Luciano take you through the ways serverless can give you more security out of the box. We cover the tradeoffs between having more security c...
28. How do you onboard junior devs to AWS?
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luciano and Eoin discuss their strategies and ideas to help new team members to start embracing cloud computing and get productive with AWS. What are ...
27. How do you organize AWS Accounts?
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Luciano try to answer the question of what AWS accounts do you need for your team and how to organize them. In this episode of AWS bites we d...
26. What can you do with Kafka on AWS?
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luciano and Eoin explore the wonderful world of data streaming using Kafka on AWS. In this episode we focus mainly on Managed Streaming for Kafka (or ...
25. What can you do with Kinesis Data Streams?
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Luciano are back with some more AWS messaging services material! This time we talk about Kinesis Data Streams and everything there’s to kno...
24. What's SNS and how do you use it?
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luciano and Eoin deep dive into SNS discussing what it does, how it differs from EventBridge and SQS and how you can use it to send messages to custom...
23. What’s the big deal with EventBridge
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Luciano continue their series about event services. In this episode, they chat about EventBridge and explore why this AWS service has such a ...
22. What do you need to know about SQS?
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luciano and Eoin take a deep dive into SQS as part of a series on AWS event services and event-driven architecture. We talk about the kind of problems...
21. What services should I use for events?
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AWS Bites podcast, Luciano and Eoin talk about AWS services related to events and message passing like SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, Kine...
20. Should I get an AWS certification?
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AWS Bites podcast, Eoin and Luciano talk about whether it is worth to get an AWS certification and why. We discuss why a certificat...
19. Is the serverless DX still immature?
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AWS Bites podcast, Luciano and Eoin talk about what the serverless Developer Experience (DX) is like and whether we should consider...
18. How do you move to the cloud?
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AWS Bites, Eoin and Luciano discuss some interesting strategies to take a workload to the cloud. Most of this episode is built arou...
17. How do you keep up with AWS in 2022?
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AWS Bites podcast, Luciano and Eoin talk about some ideas to stay update with the evergreen world of AWS. This is a much less struc...
16. What are the pros and cons of CDK?
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eoin and Luciano explore the various pros and cons of AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). We start by describing what CDK is and what it...
15. Is serverless good for startups?
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this extended episode, Luciano and Eoin try to cover a recurring topic around Serverless: is it a good or bad idea for startups? We start by giving...
14. What can you do with Amplify Studio?
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this extended episode, Eoin and Luciano talk about Amplify with a particular focus on Amplify Studio, a new visual way to manage Amplify applicatio...
AWS re:Invent 2021 Day 2&3 Special
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Eoin and Luciano talk about their impression on the announcements from day 2 and 3 of AWS re:invent 2021. We mentioned the f...
AWS re:Invent Day One Special
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Eoin and Luciano talk about their impression on the announcements from the first day of AWS re:invent 2021. AWS Lambda now ...
13. What’s on your re:Invent 2021 wish list?
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Eoin and Luciano talk about their wishlist for AWS re:invent 2021. Based on our experience and personal AWS pain points, we s...
12. How do you manage your AWS credentials?
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eoin and Luciano talk about how to manage AWS credentials and different ways to manage them. From the more traditional (and not recom...
11. How do you move away from the management console?
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Luciano and Eoin discuss the good and the bad of the AWS Management Console (a.k.a. the web console) and why you should consider migr...
10. Lambda or Fargate for containers?
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eoin and Luciano try to explain whether you should consider Lambda or Fargate for containers. We start by clarifying what we really m...
09. How do you get started with AWS?
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eoin and Luciano try to answer a beginner question: how to get started with AWS. Special thanks to Adam Mann (https://www.linkedin.co...
08. What are your AWS horror stories?
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween-themed episode, Eoin and Luciano tell some AWS horror stories! Get ready for some trick or treat! Of course we have to start with bi...
07. When do you use Step Functions?
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano try to reply to a question suggested by Emily Shea on Twitter (https://twitter.com/em__shea): When do you use S...
06. Is AWS Lambda cheap or expensive?
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about the pricing model for AWS Lambda and describe some cases where it could be a very convenient solution but ...
05. What are our favourite AWS services and why?
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about their favourite AWS services and why they like them. Spoiler: we talk about EventBridge, Lambda, CloudForm...
04. What language should you use for Lambda?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about programming languages in the context of Lambda. What language should you use? Actually we really answer th...
03. How do you deploy a static website on AWS?
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about static websites. What are the main requisites for a static website, where to host them and how to do it in...
02. Should you go for multi-cloud or go all-in on AWS?
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about whether you should go all in and build multi-cloud applications or stick to one cloud provider. But first ...
01. When should I use serverless?
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about what it means to adopt serverless, when you should use AWS Lambda, and when you should not use serverless....
Trailer
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Luciano are excited to announce AWS Bites, a new weekly podcast on all things AWS. Every Friday morning, we will release a new episode where ...