#27 - Yan Cui: Serverless on AWS

Today's episode is with Yan Cui, Principle consultant at TheBurningMonk Limited. We have covered several topics related to serverless in terms of adoption, architecture, security, tooling and frameworks, testing and monitoring, and much more Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:54 Running a Consultancy Company 07:59 Self-Publishing vs. Working with a Publishing Company 11:25 The Value of Workshops and Courses 22:02 Working in different settings 25:43 Adopting serverless 39:13 Typical Serverless Architecture 44:37 Serverless Frameworks 57:28 Security Considerations in Serverless Architectures 01:00:28 Challenges and Limitations of Serverless Computing 01:03:52 Serverless as the right choice for a project 01:10:06 Ditching Serverless for monolithic applications 01:16:00 Ditching the cloud towards hosting on dedicated servers 01:21:22 Testing Serverless applications 01:31:33 Monitoring Serverless applications 01:36:41 Yan's podcast: Real World Serverless 01:37:37 Most rewarding aspect of Yan's work 01:38:31 Mental Health question Links about topics mentioned in the episode: Prime video shift towards monolithic: https://www.primevideotech.com/video-streaming/scaling-up-the-prime-video-audio-video-monitoring-service-and-reducing-costs-by-90 Spotify Test Honeycomb https://engineering.atspotify.com/2018/01/testing-of-microservices/ Yan doesn't just share insights; he also offer transformative courses and workshops designed to elevate your skills and knowledge in serverless. Whether you're looking to gain a competitive edge or deepen your understanding, Yan's unique blend of practical wisdom and innovative strategies is something you won't want to miss Yan's course offering: https://theburningmonk.com/courses/ Yan's consultancy offering: https://theburningmonk.com/hire-me/ Production Ready Serverless workshop: https://productionreadyserverless.com/ AppSync Masterclass course: https://appsyncmasterclass.com/ Testing Serverless course: https://testserverlessapps.com/ AWS Step Functions course: https://school.theburningmonk.com/courses/complete-guide-to-aws-step-functions AWS Lambda Best Practices course: https://school.theburningmonk.com/courses/learn-you-some-lambda Serverless Architecture book: https://www.manning.com/books/serverless-architectures-on-aws-second-edition?a_aid=aws-lambda-in-motion&a_bid=9318fc6f Yan's podcast: https://realworldserverless.com/ (P.S. The links shared here do not contain any affiliate codes, and Reconfigured is not affiliated with Yan to promote his offerings. I have personally invested in his courses and have benefited tremendously in my professional life) If you are interested to stay up to date with upcoming podcast episodes then consider subscribing to our newsletter! We release every Wednesday interesting articles and podcast episodes releases, available at https://www.reconfigured.co/newsletter Follow us on: Website: https://www.reconfigured.co Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reconfiguredco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reconfiguredco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reconfiguredco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconfiguredco LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reconfiguredco/