My Top 10 Serverless Articles This Year: 2024 Wrap-Up
The top most insightful and impactful serverless articles I wrote in 2024.
As 2024 comes to a close, I wanted to highlight some of the most interesting and impactful serverless articles I wrote this year.
These articles cover everything from cost optimization to best practices and bulding real, practical serverless applications with AWS.
Here are my top 10 picks:
1. Building A Serverless QR Code Generator With AWS
A quick and easy to follow guide with zero experience needed.
Article: https://towardsaws.com/building-a-serverless-qr-code-generator-with-aws-056b138c67da
2. Building A Serverless Post Scheduling Backend
Designing an efficient backend solution to schedule posts for a blogging application.
Article: https://medium.com/towards-aws/building-a-serverless-post-scheduling-backend-fe02810c2009
3. Building A Complete Serverless App On AWS
A complete, hands-on of how to easily build a fully serverless web application with the AWS cloud.
Article: https://medium.com/tech-odyssey/building-a-complete-serverless-app-on-aws-f96cf88627eb
4. 5 Things To Master To Write Efficient AWS Lambda Serverless Functions
And the best practices you need to know to write efficient serverless functions.
5. How A Simple Serverless Error Almost Cost Us Hundreds Of Dollars
A true story and case study/lesson on being cost-aware to save money with serverless
6. Create A Serverless REST API In Minutes With API Gateway
Without having to learn an entire backend language for months.
7. How We Saved Hundreds A Month By Using Serverless Services
How we saved money by using serverless services instead of cloud servers.
8. 5 Effective Strategies To Reduce AWS Lambda Costs
Cost effectiveness is one of the most important elements of serverless computing, don’t neglect it.
Article: https://medium.com/towards-aws/5-effective-strategies-to-reduce-aws-lambda-costs-882da7acc36d
9. Build A Serverless Order Processing E-commerce Microservice
A practical guide on building a serverless order processing microservice architecture
10. How Netflix Uses Serverless Services For Content Streaming
How Netflix optimizes performance and efficiency with cloud serverless AWS services.
Bonus: How Coca-Cola Increased Analytics Productivity By 80%
How Coca-Cola uses the AWS cloud to massively increase productivity and data processing.
If you’re just starting out with serverless tech or want to dive deeper, I highly recommend these articles as well as the previous editions on this newsletter.
My blog on Medium is also a great resource to learn cloud computing (especially DynamoDB and serverless).
Here’s to an even more insightful 2025, filled with growth and constant learning 🚀
Sincerely,
Uriel Bitton
👋 My name is Uriel Bitton and I’m committed to helping you master Serverless, Cloud Computing, and AWS.
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