An blog post by creator of Ruby on Rails: Don't be swayed by the hype around serverless computing. While it can be a cost-effective solution for sporadic function executions, it's a bad deal for those needing the constant performance of an entire computer. Serverless setups can also lead to lock-in.. read more  

The blog post describeshow Cloudflare usedtheir developer tools,D1andQueues,to buildanopen-source SEO toolcalledProspector. Prospector allows Cloudflare's SEO experts to monitor their blog and marketing site for specific keywords and receive notifications via email when a keyword is matched on a pa.. read more  

The author of the article is exploring the possibility ofusing Rust instead of Python for AWS Lambdain order to achievecost savingsandbetter performance. They provide a real-life use case of converting fixed-width compressed flat files to tab-delimited files using an AWS Lambda triggered by an S3 bu.. read more  

Message brokers are useful for several reasons, including: - reducing back pressure from downstream services, - preventing data loss by offering retry and replay functionality, - allowing for parallel processing through pub/sub patterns, - reducing knowledge of systems by decoupling architecture, - .. read more  

This blog post discussesAWS Lambda layersand providesbest practices for their use.Ran Isenberg explains thatLambda layers can reduce deployment time and increase production efficiency, butthey are often misunderstood and underutilized. The post coversthe basics of Lambda layers, theirprosandcons, a.. read more  

Spotify is testingplaylists that can be unlocked through non-fungible tokens (NFTs)held by members of specific communities in select countries. Kingship, a metaverse band signed to Universal Music Group, tweeted that Spotify was piloting playlists that could be accessed only byKingship key card NFT.. read more  

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI,has been removed from several Chinese social media platforms. Although the chatbot is not officially available in China, some apps on the WeChat platform had allowed access to it without the need for a VPN or foreign mobile number. It.. read more  

It seems that the tech industry is facingfour major challenges, which the author calls the "four horsemen of the tech recession". The first horseman is the COVID hangover, as COVID has had a significant impact on the tech industry, accelerating investments in cloud computing and e-commerce, while a.. read more  

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to useNGINX, andGunicorn+Uvicornto deploy aFastAPIapp, and generate afree SSL certificatefor it. The guide covers commonDebian-basedserver commands and best practices to secure a Linux server, making it a useful read... read more  

This article is about how the author builta serverless app that uses ChatGPT, a language model AI,to create daily workout planswith variance for him. The author explains how they built the app and how it works, including the services they used, the data model, and the APIs. The author also shares t.. read more