I ran two polls on LinkedIn for 7 days to my 15K+ followers, and these were the results - Terraform pipped the AWS CDK when it came to go-to IaC frameworks. - TypeScript/NodeJS came out top for go-to language/frameworks. #AWS #Serverless #IaC

#AWS North Community Conference is just over two weeks away! I’ll be speaking on "The CDK Mindset: Building Serverless Solutions as Repeatable Blueprints", and I am happy to be able to offer you access to 20% off using the discount code: LEE_SENT_ME northcommunityconf.com/speakers

🌟 Issue #52 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This is one full year of the newsletter, and I am so thankful to all of the experts who have given their own time to support me and the wider community. A huge thank you from me! 💜 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/52-a-year-...

Super excited to be speaking at the AWS North Community Conference, covering "The CDK Mindset: Building Serverless Solutions as Repeatable Blueprints" 🧩 👉 Explore the full agenda and get tickets here 🎟️ northcommunityconf.com #AWS #Serverless

New books to read 📚

⭐ Issue #51 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/51-increme... This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder @tpschmidt.com, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Kate Gawron! 🏆 Please share! ♻️ #AWS #Serverless

Issue #50 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 🔥 This week, our serverless expert is AWS DevTools Hero Matthew Bonig, and our spotlight falls on AWS Specialist Developer Advocate Mike Chambers! Go check it out! open.substack.com/pub/serverle... #AWS #Serverless

AWS CDK Blueprints vs Custom Constructs vs Aspects "We compare AWS CDK Blueprints to Custom L3 Constructs and Aspects, with examples in TypeScript and the AWS CDK" blog.serverlessadvocate.com/aws-cdk-blue... #AWS #Serverles

Kynren was amazing last night! ⚔️ kynren.com

Not the best score, but great to take my eldest to her first Newcastle United game tonight ⚽️

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier Well over 100 free detailed #AWS articles and GitHub repos with code examples on serverlessadvocate.com now I hope people find these useful 💜

Serverless Rules CDK Nag Pack "How we can use the Serverless Rules Nag Pack in the AWS CDK, discussing the common findings from running against production apps." medium.com/@leejamesgil... #AWS #serverless

🌟 Issue #48 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Robert Bulmer, and our spotlight falls on Serverless Author Mark McCann! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/48-serverl... Please subscribe & share! 🔔 #AWS #Serverless

Anybody else with kids find when coding all week your singing ‘Soda Pop’ constantly in your head?

Amazon Aurora DSQL Sidecar to DynamoDB — Part 1 "Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy." blog.serverlessadvocate.com/amazon-dsql-... #AWS #Serverless

🌟 Issue #46 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Seth Orell, and our spotlight falls on AWS Senior Solutions Architect Urmila Raju! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/46-amazon-... Please subscribe & share! 🔔 #serverless #aws

Which ORM framework are you currently using with Aurora DSQL, and what are you using for migrations? 🧠

🌟 Issue #45 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Davide De Sio, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Daniele Frasca! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/45-aws-rea... #serverless #AWS

Using Amazon Nova Canvas Virtual Try-On in Ecommerce Solutions 🛍️ "Example of using Amazon Nova Virtual Try-On for ecommerce applications, with full code examples in TypeScript." www.linkedin.com/posts/lee-ja... #AWS #serverless #AI

Hamilton this afternoon was out of this World..best theatre performance we have seen in years 🎭💜

💥 Introducing our newest AWS Heroes! Christian Bonzelet, David Victoria, and Nora Schöner: congratulations and thanks for all that you do in the AWS community! 🎉👏

Coffee, chill, and read time 💜

🌟 Issue #39 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Serverless Hero Ant Stanley & our spotlight falls on Cloud Dialogues Co-Host Georgia L. Smith! open.substack.com/pub/serverle... #AWS #Serverless #AI

Amazon Bedrock AI Image Manipulation with Amazon Nova "Examples of using Amazon Bedrock for image generation, background removal, inpainting and outpainting, with full code examples in TypeScript and the AWS SDK." medium.com/@leejamesgil... #AWS #Serverless #AI

I don’t know if AI will replace most white-collar jobs in the next five years or not. What I do know though, is that I’ll keep learning, adapting, and upskilling to stay relevant regardless, just as I have always done. Focus on what you can control 🌱

Validating AI-generated images using AI and Amazon Bedrock "Gaining confidence in AI-generated images using a validation framework underpinned by Amazon Bedrock" blog.serverlessadvocate.com/validating-a... #AWS #Serverless #AI

Issue #38 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Senior Specialist Solution Architect Mark Sailes, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Victoria Demina! 🙌 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/38-life-be... #AWS #Serverless

It’s so easy with AI tools like Cursor to prompt ‘all’ changes through AI lazily, even things that you could do easily yourself by opening the correct file(s) and making the change, and no wonder we have quality issues when multiple files are changed on each run..

Where has the Serverless community gone? ⁉️ Is it just on LinkedIn pretty much now, as X/Twitter and BlueSky are dead it seems? 😴🫥 In years gone by engagement, posts, collabs, and banter was high… 📉

Issue #37 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Matthew Wilson, and our spotlight falls on Senior Solutions Architect, Powertools for AWS, Andrea Amorosi! 🔥 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/37-model-d... #serverless #AWS

Been using Cursor for an Expo/React Native app, and it’s awesome at the start, but the more you get into the nitty gritty design the more you need to either a.) manually do or b.) be super super super specific with prompts, in my experience.. otherwise…

Issue #36 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Tycko Franklin, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Lee Priest! 🔥 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/36-increas... #Serverless #AWS

When you just want to add a semi colon to the end of your statement but your AI assistant is trying to add an additional three lines of code you don’t need…😅

Amazon Bedrock AI Model Cross-Region Inference 🤖 "An example of using Amazon Bedrock AI Cross-Region Inference in our Serverless solutions, with an example in the AWS CDK and TypeScript." medium.com/@leejamesgil... #AWS #Serverless #awslambda

Hey friends 👋, I wanted to test out a POC for 'Amazon Cognito M2M Token Caching for Cost Optimisation & Performance 💸', where you can see the article below using the AWS CDK and Typescript: medium.com/@leejamesgil... #Serverless #AWS #Typescript

🌟 Issue #35 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder Elena van Engelen-Maslova and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Alessandro Volpicella! 🔥 serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/35-cheaper... #AWS #serverless #awslambda

⭐⭐⭐Just hit 100 patterns on serverlessadvocate.com ! ⭐⭐⭐ If you are interested in detailed AWS and Serverless articles and associated code repositories you can easily filter by services and patterns, please check it out! ✅ #AWS #Serverless #awslambda

I’ve just bought three new domain names today…

Have a great weekend 💜

🌟 Issue #34 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Senior Specialist Solutions Architect Lee Hannigan, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Marco Troisi! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/34-mcp-eve... #AWS #serverless #awslambda

AWS Responsive Templated Emails using Amazon SES & MJML 🎨 "An example of generating responsive templated emails on AWS with Amazon SES, Handlebars, and MJML, using TypeScript and the AWS CDK" medium.com/@leejamesgil... #AWS #Serverless #awslambda

🌟 Issue #33 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 👇🏽 This week, our serverless expert is AWS Community Builder @rootothez.bsky.social, and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder @ryancormack.bsky.social ! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/33-resilie... #AWS #Serverless

There are now 99 patterns on www.serverlessadvocate.com (almost the big 100!) which allows you to search for carefully curated #AWS and #Serverless patterns with both detailed articles and GitHub repositories to try out the code 🚀

No Lee... don't do it... no more AWS certs... stay away from Udemy...put the credit card down... ...Ohh go on then..one more won't hurt! 🤣😇

Feedback like this makes it all worth while 💜 #AWS #Serverless

Who is attending AWS Summit London 2025? Let's Meet! 👋 I am looking to meet as many new and old friends as possible so please drop me a message if you would like to chat all things AWS, engineering and architecture! 💜 #AWS #Serverless

Dedicated Outbound IP Address with AWS Lambda 🔐 "In this short example, we cover how to use a dedicated IP address for Lambda egress, with an example using Typescript and the AWS CDK." medium.com/@leejamesgil... #AWS #Serverless #ListenToTheHeroes

I miss the content of AWS DAs of the past that wasn’t just all AI, but actually looking at the engineering and architecture problems that most of us spend 90% of our day on 💭

Issue #32 of the Serverless Advocate Newsletter is now out! 🔔 This week, our serverless expert is @serverlesslife.com and our spotlight falls on AWS Community Builder Adit Modi! 🔥 Check it out! serverlessadvocate.substack.com/p/32-simplic... #Serverless #AWS

ServerlessDays Manchester has just uploaded my talk "Microservices & EDA on AWS: Tackling Common Challenges for Engineering Teams" 🚀 #serverless #AWS m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFZG...