LIFE: Serverless Architectures for True Hipsters

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Live demo builds a hipster web portal using AWS Lambda, S3 and CloudFront with Jekyll as the CMS, wired to CodeCommit and API Gateway; deploys via Apex/Terraform and stores runtime data in DynamoDB. Claim: operational site costs about $5/month in development and yields up to 500x savings versus always-on servers. Practical limits: 5 minute timeout, 512 MB RAM, cold-start delays for Java and DB drivers; the portal is implemented, deploys, and serves pages while requiring design changes for async events and caching.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:28What is serverless
3. 8:41Serverless architectures examples
4. 12:42AWS Lambda basics
5. 23:38Serverless tools
6. 34:55Git-based serverless CMS
7. 39:57Alternatives to AWS Lambda
8. 42:03Conclusion and Q&A

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