Description
I left in a bit more of the pre-show than usual, let me know if you enjoyed that part.
AWS Serverless hero (man that’s a cool title ), Yan Cui comes on to share his journey with Serverless and take on Microservices done right. We also discuss some interesting articles such as the Amazon Prime Video migration and the Hey.com article: Why we’re leaving the cloud .
Enjoy!
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Guest
Connect with Yan Cui:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/theburningmonk
https://twitter.com/theburningmonk
Outline
00:00:00 – Intro00:00:24 – Patrick can’t handle cilantro
00:01:06 – Yan’s food experience in Venice
00:03:36 – Food culture in China
00:04:50 – Best burger joint in Amsterdam
00:07:11 – Yan misses lamb meals in The Netherlands
00:09:32 – Increased food and energy prices
00:12:09 – Yan is an AWS Serverless Hero
00:16:50 – The AWS re:Invent experience
00:19:01 – Yan’s experience with serverless technologies
00:22:47 – Building a social network
00:28:52 – The Prime Video switch from serverless to EC2 and ECS
00:32:13 – Vendor lock-in
00:34:27 – Different types of throughput and spiky traffic
00:39:52 – Shoutout to Ariel
00:42:08 – HEY moving off the cloud
00:44:24 – Misconceptions about micro services
00:48:27 – Starting with micro services
00:52:15 – Experience is what drives people
00:52:59 – Explaining the context
00:56:09 – Cascading failures