Expert Talk: Are We Post-Serverless? • Julian Wood & James Beswick • GOTO 2024

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOeda https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/302 Julian Wood - Developer Advocate at AWS @julian_wood James Beswick - Senior Manager, AWS Serverless Developer Advocacy @JamesBeswickD RESOURCES Julian https://twitter.com/julian_wood http://www.wooditwork.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood James https://twitter.com/jbesw https://linkedin.com/in/jamesbeswick Links https://serverlessland.com https://www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday https://www.nationwidechildrens.org Julian: https://youtu.be/4YeZf3HupQA James: https://youtu.be/dUXDuxqTxmo Nicki: https://youtu.be/4N2ywun-wTE John: https://youtu.be/_76uaHtthYs Sarah: https://youtu.be/6_Yzybhmj-8 Veda: https://youtu.be/-X-YHHU7p20 Uma & Dhiraj: https://youtu.be/dzW3-Mol1yo Ricardo: https://youtu.be/YPQ65budGnI Rosemary: https://youtu.be/7j3h2IqkmIA Rebekah: https://youtu.be/_ugRNuE9xmA Erin: https://youtu.be/pQH321TEnVw Gregor: https://youtu.be/w9a7eI6BlVc Luca & Lucas: https://youtu.be/DG9puFuUb7E Ben: https://youtu.be/o8qAlbjX3iU DESCRIPTION James Beswick and Julian Wood analyze the evolving landscape of serverless computing, from its current state to its future trajectory. They discuss the fusion of containers and serverless, highlighting the flexibility and efficiency gained from running Lambda functions from container images. Moreover, they emphasize the importance of asynchronous development and the role it plays in scaling applications, with Julian Wood noting its under-appreciated potential for high performance. Throughout the dialogue, they touch on cost management, architectural decisions and the collaborative relationship between AWS and its customers in shaping the future of serverless technologies. As they envision the next five years, they anticipate a continued integration of best practices, platform evolution, and groundbreaking innovations influenced by customer feedback and industry trends. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:38 Beyond Serverless 05:58 Serverless vs SaaS 09:01 Serverless success stories & platform engineering evolution 14:41 Synergies between Serverless & Generative AI 24:01 Lambda in 2024 29:40 Cost management & async development in Serverless 41:34 Predicting the future of Serverless 44:15 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adam Bellemare • Building Event-Driven Microservices • https://amzn.to/3WfNKfM Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS • https://amzn.to/3hJzEUM Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang • https://amzn.to/3G5e8ST Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts • https://amzn.to/3v4pKQS Gerardus Blokdyk • Event-Driven Architecture EDA • https://amzn.to/3FOfUHE James Urquhart • Flow Architectures • https://amzn.to/3Tyz8cY https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #PostServerless #Serverless #EventDrivenArchitecture #SoftwareArchitecture #AWS #PlatformEngineering #BoundedContext #EventLoop #LambdaFunctions #JamesBeswick #JulianWood 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 at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1