How we 10x Our Lambda@Edge Development Speed 🚀
AWS FOR THE REAL WORLD
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Reading time: 10 minutes
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Main Learning: Building and testing Lambda@Edge functions with CloudFront is complicated, as deployments can take up to 10 minutes. With LocalStack, you can build, test, and debug your Lambda@Edge functions locally!
Hey 👋🏽 Happy new year! We hope you had a great time with your families and loved ones 😊 We took some time off. Sandro is bridging the cold winter in Thailand (say hi if you're here!) and Tobi started working with a new client project this year. Finally, some HUGE AWS scale again - hopefully we can talk more about that in the future 👀 We don't have any AWS news for you this time. Nothing exciting came out - if you've found something, share it with us! In this issue, we talk about CloudFront and Lambda@Edge deployments. Rather watch a video? We've recorded one for you! Lambda@Edge functions are great for things like:
In theory they're powerful. But building and debugging them is a pain. This is what this deep dive is about 👆🏽 Note: This issue is not sponsored by LocalStack. But we love the tool + the founders. Here's how we've used it for this use case. Let's get into it!
Have you used Lambda@Edge or CloudFront Functions before? If you need more information about CloudFront, here's our infographic! Our topics for the next weeks:
All of them will come with videos as well! Have a great start of the year and see you soon! Sandro & Tobi PS: Here's a snapshot from Thailand 😊 |
