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Cross-account VPC Peering with AWS CDK

It could be quite challenging to create two networks in different accounts connected with peering connection in AWS Console, but with CDK this task is much easier. So let's show you how.

AWS

Are AWS Certifications worth in 2023?

There is a negative rather than positive view of certificates in software development, which I also share to some extent. Certifications do not always correspond to competence in the broader world of education and employment - but is this the case with AWS certifications?

Vlogs

Purple:invent 2022 - Day 2 - Rivian, nejlepší krevety v životě a jsou cereálie polévka?

Druhý den na Re:inventu už byl lepší. Už jsme byli zkušenější a věděli co a jak. Ale zase jsme to táhli až do noci. Takhle velká konference je fakt náročná. Moc se nevyspíte 🙅‍♂️ 😴 to říkáme dopředu.

Vlogs

Purple:invent 2022 - Day 1 - Kolik na Re:inventu nachodíš kroků a zakletý náhrdelník!

Re:invent 2022 jsme začali hodně zostra. Nezastavili jsme se od rána až do večera...no spíš do noci 🙈. Napřed jsme se rozkoukávali, analyzovali 🔎 co bude nejlepší, přece jenom byl to náš první Re:invent a obecně takhle velká konference. Ale odpoledne už to bylo rychlé.

Vlogs

Purple:invent 2022 - Day 0 - Máme jednu novinku!

🥳 Už je to venku. Jedeme na Re:invent 2022 do Las Vegas 🇺🇸🎰. Čeká nás hodně náročný program, tak nám držte palce, ať to všechno zvládneme. Budeme Vám pravidelně přinášet vlogy z místa s novinkami, postřehy, tipy a triky nebo doporučeními. Zdraví Filip, Maťo, Martin a Tomka 👋.

AWS

Official AWS Case Study about Purple Technology

We are happy to announce that the official Case-Sudy about Purple Technology from AWS has been released. Together with AWS we wanted to share publicly our story of why we decided to go serverless and what are the business benefits of serverless for us.

AWS

How to build Serverless app with SAML auth via AWS IAM Identity Center

Googling study materials and tutorials about SAML can be hard compared to amount of content produced for modern technologies. Hopefully this article gave you at least basic overview on how to make it work and what library to choose in order to have secure authentication.

Serverless

Error Recovery Pattern With AWS Step Functions

AWS Step Functions is powerful service providing easy way how to implement difficult business logic. In this post I would like to show you how to design system resilient against unexpected errors.

AWS

Serverless SSR with React 18 and NextJS 12 in AWS

When building serverless applications we still want to use modern frontend technologies. Our entire stack is composed of various serverless services created with the serverless framework, deployed to AWS. Our frontend should be no different from the rest of our stack. It should be serverless.

Serverless

Datadog: The State of Serverless 2022

Datadog announced updated version of their famous "The State of Serverless" report for the year 2022. Inside this report Datadog mentions that "Over half of organizations operating in each cloud have adopted serverless" which is very good news for the Serverless industry.

Talk

Honza and Filip at Serverless Inc. Community Call

Honza and Filip took part at regular Serverless Community Call organised by Serverless Inc. and talked about our Serverless journey we went through at Purple Technology and presented anatomy of our Purple Stack.

Technokrati

Jak jsme vyhráli Nintendo a nechali se napálit, aneb Technokrati na cestách

Filip s Maťem se vydali na Serverless Architecture Conference 2022, která se konala v Haagu a nakonec se z toho vyklubalo velmi nemilé překvapení v podobě předražené poloprázdné konference plné všeho možného, jen ne Serverlessu.

AWS

Purple Technology oznamuje prvního AWS Hero v Česku

Naší snahy v oblasti evangelizace Serverless Computingu si všimli i v Amazonu a AWS udělilo našemu Serverless Architektovi Filipovi titul "AWS Hero" a Filip se tímto stal prvním AWS Hero v Česku a na Slovensku a nejmladším AWS Hero na světě.

Podcast

Filip at Real World Serverless podcast

Filip was invited by Yan Cui AKA Theburningmonk to talk about how we use Serverless at Purple Technology - especially AWS Step Functions. Check it out!

AWS

Serverless from an executive's perspective

Petr Konupek would like to drop a few words about the managerial perspective and how being serverless affects everyday life in the company.

Podcast

Boříme mýty o Serverlessu v CZpodcastu

Naši kolegové Filip, Maťo a Radis byli hosty ve známém českém podcastu "CZpodcast", kde prozradili jak jsme u nás v Purple Technology začínali před pěti lety s moderní Serverless architekturou a proč je to podle nás must-have přístup pro (nejen) nově vznikající startupy.

Talk

Filip on Step Functions at Serverless Summit 21

From time to time we need our State Machines to wait for some async action, for example a webhook call, and we created a mechanism which we use all over our systems.

Serverless

Asynchronous actions with AWS Step Functions

Callback Patterns are a very powerful feature of AWS Step functions, providing an easy way how to control the state machine execution flow. Let's build a scalable solution which helps us track the current state of an execution and handles external asynchronous actions triggered by other services.

Meetup

Serverless Brno Meetup #1

V Purple Technology používáme Serverless architekturu už více než 4 roky a právě používání Serverlessu nám umožnilo co nejefektivněji využít naše kapacity. Společně s dalšími řečníky a s vámi chceme rozšířit povědomí o tomhle přístupu, protože v Česku pořád není známý tak, jak by si zasloužil.

Talk

Filip on Serverless in FinTech industry

Filip was invited by AWS Serverless Hero Srushith Repakula to talk at Serverless Saturdays hosted by AWS User Group Tirupati about how we use Serverless in FinTech industry.

AWS

Filip recognized as Serverless Star of the Week

We are happy to announce that our Serverless Architect Filip Pýrek [https://blog.purple-technology.com/author/fpyrek/] was recognized as Serverless Star of the Week ⭐️ in the most popular Serverless

Podcast

Filip at Talking Serverless podcast

Filip discusses with Ryan Jones from Serverless Guru our journey to Serverless and the current challenges we are facing at Purple Technology. Check it out!

Serverless

Lessons learned: AWS AppSync Subscriptions

In this article we will get a bit more deeper into mechanisms of AppSync Subscriptions because even though they are documented in the AppSync documentation we couldn't see or understand some of the behaviours.

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