Articles tagged aws-lambda.
AWS Lambda with Python and Upstash Redis
In this blog post, I will guide you through building a serverless URL shortener service built on Upstash Redis, AWS Lambda (Python), and AWS API Gateway. The main purpose of this blog post is to…
AWS Lambda + Upstash Redis + Go = 🚀❤️
Serverless compute platforms are awesome, but without serverless databases they are too limited. While I was building the platform for my upcoming course, The Elements of CI/CD, I wanted a serverless…
Reusing HTTP connections with 'keepalive' in Serverless
Whenever you make an HTTP request to a server, your computer and the server create a connection, sending some data back and forth and closing the connection afterward. This is an excellent system, as…
Serverless Kafka Real World Example: Content Moderation
In this post, we will write a very basic example which showcases content moderation for web applications using: Next.js AWS Lambda Serverless Kafka (Upstash) Serverless Redis (Upstash) Sightengine…
Send React Native Logs to Serverless Kafka
Tracking logs and errors in a software product is very essential for reliability and maintainability. Kafka is one of the most powerful solution for collecting/storing logs and activities. Use cases…
Building React Native Apps Backed by AWS Lambda and Serverless Redis
In this post, we will use React Native, Serverless framework and Upstash to develop a mobile application for viewing and updating a leaderboard. We will use React Native to develop the mobile…
Upstash as a Serverless Database for Edge
(Update: Edge Caching feature is deprecated. For low latencies at edge, use our global configurations. Learn more) Upstash started its journey with a mission to be the best database option for your…
AWS Lambda vs Cloudflare Workers
In this article, I will compare AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers based on my experiences and observations during developing applications to showcase Upstash use cases. Both are similar in that they…
Stateful AWS Lambda with Redis® REST
AWS Lambda pioneered serverless space. Many developers think that serverless is the future of development. It gives you the true pay-per-use model, relieves you from the maintenance and scaling of…
Rate Limiting Your Serverless Applications
One of the best things about the serverless is its ability to scale even in case of huge traffic spikes. But unfortunately, scaling is not free both financially and technically. That’s why developers…
Latency Comparison Among Serverless Databases: DynamoDB vs FaunaDB vs Upstash
In this article, I will compare the latencies of three serverless databases DynamoDB, FaunaDB, Upstash (Redis) for a common web use case. I created a sample news website and I am recording database…
Challenge of Serverless: Database Connections
(Update: GraphQL API is deprecated. Instead, you can use the REST API) Designing a database for serverless, the biggest challenge in our mind was to build an infrastructure which supports per request…