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I bought a couple as the main value for me is that it's tied directly to AWS Lambda. Yes, I could build an ESP8266, RaspberryPi, or Arduino-based solution, but
by ewindisch 10y ago
I bought a couple as the main value for me is that it's tied directly to AWS Lambda. Yes, I could build an ESP8266, RaspberryPi, or Arduino-based solution, but then it's totally custom. Because my startup is involved in "serverless" computing, it's beneficial for me to say that this button directly calls an AWS Lambda function out of the box.
I'll replace the battery with a DC transformer and use one for demos.
- nxzero 10y agoNot following why exactly you've decided that being "serverless" or using Lambda makes this worth it. What exactly is IO Pipe (your startup) and what would a demo using Amazon's button do?
- ewindisch 10y agoWe're building open source tools and services for developers to build and manage the lifecycle of serverless applications. The AWS IoT Button works as an event-loop for a (simple) serverless workflow. We can use it to demonstrate and validate one of our use-cases and to provide demonstration of our tools (push the buttons and see what happens). The concept of running our code directly from IoT devices is something we've found pretty compelling but until now it was very much a DIY affair. It's exciting to see Amazon release hardware that does this out of the box, directly running our code, as basic as it might be.