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   by ac360 11y ago

   Hi Vineet, I'm a huge fan of CRISPR. I've been following it closely since I heard Radiolab's podcast about it. I'm also the founder of the JAWS framework, which is an open-source application framework built entirely on
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   by ac360 11y ago

   Nice work, have my github star! People interested in this should also check out JAWS: The Server-Less Framework Powered By AWS Lambda. JAWS V1 is coming out in a few weeks and it is insanely awesome. https://github.com/jaws-
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   by ac360 11y ago

   Just added a section in JAWS Optimization on the AWS Pop-Up Loft because it's a tremendous resource and I don't think many people know about it. Since this page is so popular, I'll paste the section in here: AWS Pop-Up Loft
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   by ac360 11y ago

   Thanks :)
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   by ac360 11y ago

   I'll check out LambdAuth. To get around execution time limits, invoke another Lambda within your current Lambda function.
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   by ac360 11y ago

   No, that is not true. While AWS Lambda has cold-start issues, they can be mitigated. While AWS continues to improve Lambda performance (it's still early tech), I've started an "Optimization" section in the wiki, detaili
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   by ac360 11y ago

   Up next, I will add the ability to define your entire JAWS API in JSON via Swagger. Swagger JSON can be imported to create/update your REST API instantly via AWS API Gateway. Meaning, you can still do larger, versioned roll-outs by sim
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   by ac360 11y ago

   JAWS uses DynamoDB. Aurora (RDS) support is coming soon!
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   by ac360 11y ago

   Awesome insights. Thanks :)
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Hmmm, I'll look into this. Either way, I'm sure Amazon is aware that RDS in Lambdas is a good thing, and they will continue to make this and their other tools easier. We'll get there!
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    by ac360 11y ago

    I like this approach. I'm all about removing server requirements! For now, I favor the traditional REST API layer because REST APIs are well understood. They also may require less effort to access via IOT devices and expose publicly
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Agreed. I think of it as "cloud computing, fully realized".
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Yes, I'm working on an overview video now.
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Thanks for the heads up! I'm not affiliated with Amazon, nor do I know anyone over there. I'm a freelancer in Oakland, CA., and my goal is merely to offer some open source code to help people take advantage of emerging tech so th
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Also, you can invoke Lambda functions from within a Lambda function. Even Lambda functions on other AWS accounts. It's going to get crazy up in here...
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    by ac360 11y ago

    The plan was always to add RDS integration, specifically Aurora support. That plan hasn't changed! Just need to find more time for open-source projects :P
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Those will be raised soon. AWS introduced API Gateway because they want back-ends being built on AWS Lambda. They will raise the limits, but this is all bleeding-edge tech and they are likely moving forward with caution.
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Absolutely. You pay for EC2/DO even if your app isn't used. With JAWS, you pay only when your app is used. Here is Lambdas pricing FYI: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Thanks! But seriously, there aren't any servers. There is a local development server included, to help you code your web site locally. But, it's not a server you use for production. Much of my time as a developer is spent deploy
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Ramon, Could you share some of your gulp optimizations so that I can incorporate them into the project? You don't have to share their code if you don't want to, but if you could write down what the gulp tasks are, I could incorpor
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    Show HN: JAWS – A JavaScript and AWS Stack(github.com)

    375 points by ac360 11y ago|124 comments
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Out of curiosity, are you getting slow response times only on the first request, or on all? I'm also using API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB All of them are very slow on first request, even the DynamoDB queries. After that, they're
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    by ac360 11y ago

    UPDATE: They just announced a nice fix for easily getting the request JSON Body into your Lambda functions and some documentation improvements. See jeffbar's post in this thread.
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Thank you Jeff and the API Gateway team for the communication and prompt fixes. I’ll update my original posts so that they do not misinform others and I look forward to future improvements. One additional thing that would be incredibly usef
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    by ac360 11y ago

    I appreciate Kong. But we are here because we don't want to deal with servers!
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Amen. Last Sunday morning, I was so excited to move my APIs over to AWS’s API Gateway. That evening, I was ready to kill. I spent the entire day (9+ hrs) getting merely two API routes working. A GET and a dreaded POST request. I couldn’t
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Yes
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Dan -- the themes and ideas behind this are rad and I'd love to chat with you to find out more about what you'd like to do with this. I've been bootstrapping a concept that shares "the personal API" concept for 12 m
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Economics In One Lesson – Henry Hazlitt Short, simple read that forever enables you to unspin the nonsense surrounding you.
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    by ac360 11y ago

    Do you have any interest in doing this not for another ride-sharing start-up, but for hiring private individuals as private-sector police? The police need competition. A non-profit, open-source police force would be highly interesting.