Google Cloud Function: Imagine we want to execute some code when an event happens, like a file is uploaded in Google Storage, an error log is written to Cloud Logging or a message arrives at Pub/Sub Topic. In such cases, Google Cloud Function comes in the frame.

In the recent Google Cloud Next Event in Bangalore, GCP is emphasizing Generation 2 of Cloud Function. You must be thinking why are we discussing Generation 2 even when Cloud Run is available? Because Cloud Function — Generation 2 uses Cloud Run in the background! Let’s go deeper into the…

Consider a scenario in which you want to send data from Pub/Sub topic to Bigquery. What could be the possible options? Option 1: Just write a function to map your data from the topic and send it to BigQuery. Right? Simple, isn’t it? But, no. Such a solution will be…

Sometimes common is not very common. We knew or read or learned some things a while back but with time, we tend to forget the basic concepts. I have seen many developers make these mistakes. So, let’s refresh our simple and common concepts. 1. NEVER HARDCODE The simplest application needs to connect with…

You need to orchestrate multiple Lambda functions together in AWS. What do you recommend? Is there any AWS service available that can achieve it? Let's checkout AWS Step Function to find our answers: AWS Step Function allows us to model any workflow as a state machine. It builds workflows that…

AWS S3 provides a great performance. It automatically scales to high request rates, with a very low latency of 100–200 milliseconds. Your application can achieve at least 3,500 PUT/COPY/POST/DELETE and 5,500 GET/HEAD requests per second per prefix in a bucket. And there is no limit in prefix number. A prefix…

Hi there! I recently passed an AWS Certified Developer — Associate exam and shared this good news to my LinkedIn and Twitter family. After this, my message box was flooded with similar questions. How do you start? Where to register for the AWS Certification exam? From which website one should…

Annotation is a way for adding metadata information to our source code. Sometimes, there is need to create custom annotation in java frameworks depending on requirement. This blog provides you a simple set of steps for quick creation. Let’s start it with the understanding of 3 annotations to achieve this! 1) @Retention: …

When we debug in production, we usually follow the below steps: Test locally Add log statement everywhere Re-deploy in production Then figure out what is happening, what is breaking. An easy, quick alternative for this is AWS X-Ray. AWS X-Ray is the most revolutionary service that AWS has offered. Objective: To…