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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Oct 14, 2020

End the Monolith! Lessons learned adopting Serverless

Nočnica Fee

Ready to ditch your monolith for serverless? Discover how to overcome complex debugging traps and cultivate the internal engineering culture needed to build resilient microservices.

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#1 about 4 min

Real-world challenges in adopting serverless architectures

An introduction to overcoming practical hurdles when migrating software teams from monolithic systems to serverless environments.

#2 about 5 min

Deconstructing monoliths into minimum marketable features

How to break complex operations into small, independent microservices that specialized teams can confidently deliver.

#3 about 7 min

Prioritizing system observability and debugging capabilities

Why rapid troubleshooting and dashboard clarity are more pressing concerns for serverless developers than scaling or cost.

#4 about 4 min

Utilizing infrastructure templates and structured logging

The importance of committing infrastructure as code and implementing structured, parseable log objects to trace executions.

#5 about 2 min

Mitigating outdated serverless concerns through modern tooling

How cloud provider updates like provisioned concurrency and smart event routing have resolved earlier issues with cold starts.

#6 about 4 min

Retaining and cultivating internal serverless engineering talent

Why fostering existing employees with technical resources and psychological safety outweighs competing for scarce external cloud experts.

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5:05 min

Exploring hybrid models, monoliths, and serverless computing

Michael Eisenbart · LIVE

2:54 min

Comparing serverless functions against traditional monolithic architectures

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2:26 min

Evolution of application architecture from monolith to serverless

Raji Raji · World Congress 2024

2:33 min

Migrating to serverless and addressing testability concerns

Raphael Manke Raphael Manke · World Congress 2023

3:28 min

Discussing history and enterprise adoption of serverless

Oliver Arafat · LIVE

3:02 min

Common drawbacks and challenges of serverless environments

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