Forrest Brazeal

Why We're Excited About AWS AppSync - Think FaaS Podcast

Forrest breaks down AWS AppSync, the death of the 'middle tier', and the future of back-end development in the serverless world.

View from the AWS SF Summit - Think FaaS Podcast

AWS had a packed expo hall, about 9,000 people, and a slate of new feature and service announcements for the San Francisco Summit. Here are some key takeaways.

Serverless Use Cases: The REST of the Story - Think FaaS Podcast

Serverless is often used hand in hand with building APIs whether they be RESTful, GraphQl, or what have you. Let's look at other ways to leverage serverless.

Zip It and Ship It: Serverless Deployments on AWS - Think FaaS Podcast

Serverless gets touted as faster and easier, but, the process for building and deploying a serverless app can still be a little painful.

The Cost of Doing Business - Think FaaS Podcast

If you want to go serverless, you have to show why it helps your business win. And one way we can answer that question, not the only way, is by looking at cost.

We Can't Contain Ourselves - Think FaaS Podcast

It's a confusing world out there, with new abstractions for containers and container management only being outpaced by the releases of JavaScript frameworks.

Security and IAM

Enforcing the 'Two-Person Rule' with AWS CodePipeline

Do you have manual approval gates in your CI/CD pipeline? Let's see if AWS CodePipeline can automate that.

Deploying Your Serverless Team - Think FaaS Podcast

How do you build the kind of team that will set your serverless projects up for success? What does a serverless team look like.

Ops, I Did it Again - Think FaaS Podcast

If you are an ops person your job is fighting fires, and keeping the lights on. What does serverless mean for you?