Serverless: Fast to Market, Faster to the Future

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Claims a full event-networking app with chat, QR contact exchange, personalized schedules and payouts is built in 15 days vs 6 months, using AWS serverless primitives. Real-time chat runs on AppSync real-time subscriptions and supports ~3,000–4,000 simultaneous users; push notifications and QR networking work live. Batch payouts move from heavy code to Step Functions with Map/Parallel, shrinking operational overhead by ~60% and accelerating go‑to‑market by ~80%.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:0215 days vs 6 months challenge
3. 2:44Our serverless strategy
4. 4:15What's the secret?
5. 4:50The tech side
6. 9:15Demo
7. 10:25Looking ahead
8. 12:41Outro

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