Auto Scaling
Below are my notes on my adventures using cloud auto scaling, specifically EC2 Auto Scaling Groups and AWS Lambda, the dynamic duo of scaling primitives in AWS.
In theory it frees developers from infrastructure management, allowing them to focus solely on writing and deploying code, however, in practice it often only provides blunt tools to workaround cloud provider (AWS in particular) shortcomings.
Join us as we dive into the world of serverless hosting and uncover the hidden challenges that come with this revolutionary approach. While serverless architectures promise scalability, …
In this blog post, an experienced software engineer shares their successful deployment of a pure functional serverless function to AWS using PureScript. They spent around $15 per day on API Gateway …
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