Innovations in Serverless & Event-Driven Solutions • Ben Ellerby & Julian Wood

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here (https://gotopia.tech/articles/338) Ben Ellerby - Founder of aleio & AWS Serverless Hero Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS RESOURCES Ben https://twitter.com/EllerbyBen https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminellerby https://github.com/BenEllerby https://medium.com/@bene_37069 Julian https://twitter.com/julian_wood http://www.wooditwork.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood DESCRIPTION Julian Wood and Ben Ellerby explore the challenges and innovations in event-driven architectures, generative AI, and serverless technologies. They emphasize the importance of well-structured event schemas and the role of platform teams in reducing cognitive load for developers. Ben Ellerby highlights the potential of generative AI in modernizing legacy codebases and discusses the resurgence of event-driven architectures, driven by improved tools and frameworks that promote decoupling and efficiency. The conversation also touches on the future of serverless computing, edge computing, and the significance of data management in global applications, underscoring a transformative shift toward more scalable and flexible cloud solutions. RECOMMENDED BOOKS David Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • The Value Flywheel Effect (https://amzn.to/3VcHxC7) Adam Bellemare • Building Event-Driven Microservices (https://amzn.to/3WfNKfM) Lauren Maffeo • Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up (https://amzn.to/3QhIlnV) Vaughn Vernon & Tomasz Jaskula • Strategic Monoliths & Microservices (https://amzn.to/3AcUscj) Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy (https://amzn.to/4cxfYdb) Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS (https://amzn.to/3hJzEUM) Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang (https://amzn.to/3G5e8ST) James Urquhart • Flow Architectures (https://amzn.to/3Tyz8cY) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!