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What is Lambda Layers and how to use it with Java runtime?

When developing serverless functions, you often need additional dependencies or libraries for the function to work. For Lambda functions in java, you need amazon dependencies of the services used in the function. Then you zip the function and its d...

How to create dynamic content using AWS Lambda?

Hello Everyone! Today we are going to see how you can generate dynamic content in Lamdba. We are going to use Java 8, Apache Maven, AWS SDK for Java, Apache Velocity to achieve this. Uses Cases There are several scenarios where you want to create dy...

What Is IKEA Effect And How To Benefit From It?

For those who don't know, IKEA is a Swedish multinational group designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, home accessories, etc. What is IKEA Effect The IKEA effect is a cognitive bias in which consumers place a disproportio...

AWS Serverless Application Model : Guide to writing your first AWS SAM Application

Today we are going to see how one can write a serverless application using Serverless Application Model (SAM). First, let's understand what Serverless Application Model is. What is Serverless Application Model? What do you do when you want to create ...

REST API using AWS Java SDK

In the previous post, we looked at a simple Lambda handler using the AWS Java SDK. In this post, we're going to implement Rest API with Lambda (using Lambda Proxy Integration). What is Lambda Proxy Integration When a client submits an API request, ...

Amazon S3 Quick Reference

Amazon S3 Quick Reference for Certification, interview and study! If you like the post, feel free to share and follow me on Twitter for updates!

AWS Lambda Performance Optimizations

In this post we are going to see how you can optimize performance of AWS Lambda function. Although Lambda is a managed service by AWS and it automatically scales, based on shared responsibility model, the underlying service details will be managed by...

Write your first AWS Lambda in Java

So far I have been writing Lambda function in Python for all my AWS projects . In Python its easy, just import boto3 module and starting coding. Things are bit different when you write Lambda handlers in Java. Lets explore and see how you can write ...

Automate Application deployment using GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows. You can Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. In this post we will explore how you can use GitHub Actions to automate serverless application deployment on AWS. You c...

AWS Certified Developer - Associate Exam Tips (2020)

In June 2020, I passed the AWS Certified Solution Architect Exam after almost preparing for 5 months ( an hour or so everyday) and I was so pumped that I decided to take another AWS exam. I started preparing for the Developer Associate exam at the en...

How to serve premium/private content on your site?

A lot of online companies (for example: Netflix, Udemy etc ) distribute contents over internet that is accessible only to the members of the site or who have subscribed or paid a premium. Today in this post we see how you can achieve this for your we...

How to give access to AWS resources without creating 100s of IAM Users?

Scenario: Imagine you are a solution architect in a company with 100s of Sales employees and you are migrating from on premise to AWS Cloud. You want to use existing employee authentication system and you want to store files on S3 that employee uses ...

AWS KMS use case with Serverless Application Model (SAM): An end to end solution

The Basics AWS KMS is a Key Management Service that let you create Cryptographic keys that you can use to encrypt and decrypt data and also other keys. You can read more about it here. Important points about Keys Please note that the CMK generated ca...

My Experiments with AWS Cloud - Cloud Resume Challenge

Updates: 7/30/2020: Added github Urls for the project. Few weeks ago I came across Cloud Resume Challenge on Reddit while searching something. I passed my Amazon Solution Architect certification on Jun 26, So I was looking for something to do next o...