Talking Serverless

Sheen Brisals, AWS Serverless Hero, Former Engineering Manager at the LEGO Group, and co-author of "Serverless Development on AWS: Building Enterprise-Scale Serverless Solutions," along with Luke Hedger, returns to the show!   In this episode, Sheen sits down with Paul to share his journey from software engineer to AWS Hero, to published author. Dive into the motivations behind his book and the lessons learned along the way, discover how the serverless community influenced his work, where he sees the future of serverless technologies headed next, and more on this exciting episode! ---  Find Sheen on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheen-brisals/ Serverless Development on AWS by Sheen Brisals and Luke Hedger: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/serverless-development-on-aws-building-enterprise-scale-serverless-solutions-sheen-brisals/7524820?aid=13503&ean=9781098141936&

In this exciting episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast, ⁠Kirk Kirkconnell⁠, Principal Database Advocate at ⁠Fauna⁠, takes us on his journey into what makes a database truly serverless, debunking common misconceptions and highlighting overlooked features. Learn from real-world use cases covering how to evaluate serverless databases for various workloads, and address challenges in scalability, cost management, & global data distribution! In this episode: -Learn what makes a database truly serverless, and how to evaluate them for various workloads -Debunk common misconception -Hands-on real-world use cases where serverless databases have made a significant impact, revealing unexpected applications and unique problem-solving scenarios More about Kirk: Kirk is a creative IT professional experienced in the analysis, architecture, design and maintenance of complex, multi-tier architectures to enhance and support mission-critical business operations. Expert knowledge of advanced web application architecture methods, web hosting sizing/services, coding, and interface design. An innovative problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker with demonstrated talent in designing swift, long-term solutions to highly complex technical issues with minimal resources and costs. About Fauna: Fauna is a distributed document-relational database that combines the flexibility of documents with the power of a relational, ACID compliant database that scales across regions, clouds or the globe. Our distributed relational database with a document data model is delivered globally as a cloud API. An intuitive database language inspired by TypeScript supports relational features such as foreign keys, views, and joins and combines the ability to express queries and functional business logic in transactions that are strongly consistent across multiple regions. Never worry about database provisioning, scaling, sharding, or replication again. Visit them: ⁠https://fauna.com/⁠

In this exciting episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast, Kirk Kirkconnell, Principal Database Advocate at Fauna, takes us on his journey into what makes a database truly serverless, debunking common misconceptions and highlighting overlooked features. Learn from real-world use cases covering how to evaluate serverless databases for various workloads, and address challenges in scalability, cost management, & global data distribution! In this episode: -Learn what makes a database truly serverless, and how to evaluate them for various workloads -Debunk common misconception -Hands-on real-world use cases where serverless databases have made a significant impact, revealing unexpected applications and unique problem-solving scenarios More about Kirk: Kirk is a creative IT professional experienced in the analysis, architecture, design and maintenance of complex, multi-tier architectures to enhance and support mission-critical business operations. Expert knowledge of advanced web application architecture methods, web hosting sizing/services, coding, and interface design. An innovative problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker with demonstrated talent in designing swift, long-term solutions to highly complex technical issues with minimal resources and costs. About Fauna: Fauna is a distributed document-relational database that combines the flexibility of documents with the power of a relational, ACID compliant database that scales across regions, clouds or the globe. Our distributed relational database with a document data model is delivered globally as a cloud API. An intuitive database language inspired by TypeScript supports relational features such as foreign keys, views, and joins and combines the ability to express queries and functional business logic in transactions that are strongly consistent across multiple regions. Never worry about database provisioning, scaling, sharding, or replication again. Visit them: https://fauna.com/

In this episode of "Talking Serverless," we engage with Naor Paz, the Director of Product at Firefly, to dive deep into the intricacies of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and its impact on serverless workflows. We'll clear up common misconceptions, debunk myths, and explore lesser-known aspects of managing cloud infrastructure in a serverless environment. In this episode: -Explore Naor’s journey from cybersecurity research to Director of Product - Discover what inspired Firefly's mission to eliminate "click ops" in cloud management-Address common misconceptions about IaC - Real-world applications and case studies highlighting successfully transformed cloud operations -And much more! About Naor: Naor Paz is a Director of Product at Firefly. With a decade of experience in Security, Data, and Networks, Naor builds the Cloud Asset Management Platform to take DevOps and SRE teams to the next level. Before Firefly, Naor was a Senior Product Manager at F5, leading their Web Application Firewall (WAF) product and a Security Research and Analytics Team Lead at the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, where he received the Prime Minister's Prize for exceptional achievement. Naor also served in Unit 8200. More about Firefly: ⁠https://www.firefly.ai/⁠