A Sense of Doubt blog post #1261 - T-shirt reprint - Curious George Space Monkey

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1261 - T-shirt reprint - Curious George Space Monkey

I came across this entry from the T-shirt blog while hunting for content I have produced on the Hugo Awards (nominations are closed; results later this month), and I decided that since I have not posted a T-shirt reprint in sometime that the time was ripe. Besides, I need some quick posts to stay on task. Also, I am seeing the guy features here this upcoming week in Michigan, but I am loathe to share his name as it's a closely guarded secret.

This entry was originally posted near the end of my T-shirt year as #322 is closer to #365 than it isn't. I like how this one cobbled together a bunch of different elements. It may be time to look again at my list of non-flagship Marvel characters, though the top five are unlikely to change.

Enjoy this blast from over four years ago.






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http://365-tshirts.blogspot.com/2014/02/t-shirt-322-curious-george-space-monkey.html

T-shirt #322 - Curious George Space Monkey

I clicked on the 1970s Nostalgia simply because I discovered Curious George with my sister when she was little starting in 1969. I do not recall having Curious George stories prior to her birth (though I may have) even though Curious George was published from 1941-1966 by "H.A. Rey," aka Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey.

I was never a huge fan of the TV adaptations or films.



But I do rather like the Jack Johnson album Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2008). This is actually a good impetus to post some videos. Check them out farther below. I was a fan of this album even before meeting my wife, though she is a huge fan because is from Hawaii.


I have been in delay mode because my friend the Lord of Chaos has been visiting (seen in in pictures today and yesterday).

Because of his ties to the chaos realms, the Lord of Chaos also likes Curious George. When he was last here we reveled in our mutual affection of Underdog -- T-shirt #288 -- and it was from him that I obtained my QUISP shirt -- T-shirt #90. I group Curious George in a similar category of these types of childhood things.

Once again, I add to my category about letting go and growing up. Being adult does not mean that I stop liking Curious George.

In fact, Curious George is an excellent template FOR BEING ADULT. Many of the lessons that we need to guide us in life our found in our stories that are enjoyed by BOTH children and adults: Curious George, Winnie the Pooh, and Calvin and Hobbes.

Today's entry (mostly written two days later) is dedicated to things about which I am CURIOUS. Or more accurately, things about which I have been curious and sated my curiosity by investigating.

Or another way to express this theme is just all the stuff open in my browser right now and a few comic book covers.

Because there always must be comic book covers on this blog.

Is that a surprise?

Various thoughts....

I like pictures of the stuffed animals in the extreme foreground.

Liesel already owned a Christmas Tree ornament of the picture on the back of this T-shirt.

Right now, I feel like typing the following title because it pooped in my head (a typo I am not fixing):

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

My dog just barked randomly. This happens sometimes. It should not happen when I am trying to take a drink of a full glass of liquid.

I am easily startled.

I have a spilling disorder.

I do not like dishes in the sink.

I often do not like to go buy groceries.

Today, the day I am writing this, which is Saturday, I had a massage.

The little stuffed Curious George has been stationed atop the daredevil toy box to the right of my current position in my office for sometime.

The larger Gund Curious George now sits atop the Kingdom Come Hawkman toy the left of my position.

I need little shelves high on the walls of my office to perch these toys. Once perched with toys, I will need the spray cans of air to blow dust off the toys.

I have not yet unpacked my small bobble head and plush beanie collection.

I have four bobble heads in my office: A Sleestak from The Land of the Lost, the Vision from The Avengers, Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, and The B-9 Robot from Lost in Space (mint in box). I have a Harry Houdini and an Albert Einstein bobble among those packed in a box downstairs.

And now more curious items.

AMC Sets ‘Preacher’ Drama Adaptation With Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg & Sony TV

I have not read Preacher, so I am not sure how I feel about this. The news item simply provokes me to read Preacher. I have the first volume around here somewhere.

From the link above: "Preacher follows Reverend Jesse Custer, a tough Texas preacher who has lost his faith, has learned that God has left Heaven and goldbergrogenabandoned His responsibilities. He finds himself the only person capable of tracking God down, demanding answers, and making Him answer for His dereliction of duty. Accompanying Jesse on his journey is his former girlfriend and a friendly vampire who seems to prefer a pint in the pub to the blood of the innocent. On his tail is an immortal, unstoppable killing machine named the Saint of Killers – a western lone gunman archetype whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill Jesse."

Did I mention The Vision already?

Paul Bettany Cast as The Vision in THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

I am super excited that the VISION is going to be in the next Avengers movie. As I have already claimed, the Vision is one of my top five favorite non-franchise Marvel heroes.

As explained here: T-shirt #119: Doctor Strange.

The Doctor Strange blog entry was so huge that it bears repeating.
 The superhero list I made in that blog is important to this item and my excitement about the prospect of the Vision in the Avengers movie.

The story of the Vision and the Scarlet Witch falling in love and all the ramifications this pairing had in the Marvel Universe is the kind of story that the current Avengers comics are all lacking.

Trusting Joss Whedon to execute this properly as I do, I am thrilled to learn that these characters (plus the Witch's brother Quicksilver) will be in the movie as reported by your source for all that is nerd (and more): the blog of Charles Skaggs as linked above.

MARVEL TOP TWENTY NON-FLAGSHIP SUPERHEROES - MEN
Yes, here it is, the list you have been waiting for. It was difficult to make this list. I had to confine myself to male Marvel heroes who either did not have their own books or who had/have solo books but are not considered the pillars of the Franchise (like Spider-Man and Captain America). Doctor Strange heads the list.

1. Doctor Strange
2. The Silver Surfer
3. The Black Panther
4. The Vision
5. Adam Warlock
6. The Black Knight
7. Son of Satan
8. Iron Fist
9. Killraven
10. Falcon
11. Ka-Zar
12. Deathlok
13. Hawkeye
14. Black Bolt
15. Ghost Rider
16. 3D Man
17. Machine Man
18. Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
19. Quasar
20. Captain Marvel

While I am delving, I noticed that the entry for  T-shirt #119: Doctor Strange also contained some content about the great game Magic the Gathering, which I have played three times in the last week due to the visit of the Lord of Chaos and my step-son Ivan's enjoyment of this particular game. I think that content bears repeating too.

MAGIC NOT MAGIC THE GATHERING

Given that I have written about my affection for and current playing of Dungeons and Dragons on this blog before, it should come as no surprise that I also played Magic the Gathering, the customizable "trading card" game. Though I think re-sale is a more accurate term as I have not seen so much trading where this game is concerned. I am not going to write about also playing Magic the Gathering, at least not today. In the mid-1990s, I was quite obsessed with the game. I made decks. I planned strategies. It all ruined a relationship (which was best in the long run).

So, at this point, I do not own a Magic the Gathering shirt, but you never know. If you have not figured this out, I like T-shirts.

Now, why am I mentioning MTG? Well, Dr. Strange is one of the most magic-oriented of superheroes, and magic makes me think of Magic The Gathering as well as the magic spells in D&D, the latter I borrowed many of the greater spellcaster/creators, such as Oshtur, Hoggoth, and the Vishanti for magic in the game. I mean, really, the "Crimson Bands of Cyttorak" and the "Flames of Faltine" are just too cool not to swipe and use in D&D.


DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING LINK OR CONTENT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ RED SHIRTS.

FX Adapting Sci-Fi Novel ‘Redshirts’ As Limited Series

I am very amused that Scalzi's book about how a 21st century TV show warps the reality of a future starship and its crew will be made into a 21st century TV show.

Is your mind blown, too?

OKAY YOU CAN START READING AGAIN.

For safe content on Red Shirts, check T-shirt #13 or read on. I am reprinting again.

If you have read to this point, then you are to be thanked. Whether you are a new reader or a returning reader, I am thankful for your patronage and for following my project. I promise not to keep you too much longer.

Scrolling back through the blog, you will find T-shirt #4 (The Gold Command shirt) and T-shirt #11 (The Blue Science/Medical shirt). As I confessed in those blogs, when the ad from NoMoreRack on Facebook snared me, I bought all three shirts. And, so, today April third, I feature the red shirt.

This shirt has special importance as I am just now finishing the audio edition of John Scalzi'sRed Shirts, which is  narrated by Wil Wheaton. The novel has been nominated for one of SF's most prestigious awards: the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Scalzi is an excellent writer. With a fusion of influences from Star Trek to Heinlein, he is a funny, original, entertaining, and deftly-skilled writer of some of the best science fiction being published today. He is releasing his latest novel, The Human Division, as a multi-part series of episodes released via Kindle each week on Tuesday. I am also reading those and enjoying them immensely. Check out my Good Reads page for more information and mini-reviews.

Red Shirts, the novel, is hilarious on its own. Wil Wheaton's narration amps up the hilarity to 11 (on a scale of 1-10). If you take my recommendation and check out this book (and audio), then you may also love the retread of the inspiration for the Ewoks: Fuzzy Nation (also by Scalzi and also narrated by Wheaton).

For more from SCALZI himself and his fun blog called "Whatever" (and please note, Scalzi enjoys pie), look here:

SCALZI ON RED SHIRTS TV SHOW

It's actually safe to read the Scalzi bits if you have not read Red Shirts because Scalzi, unlike FX, does not SPOIL plot elements of Red Shirts in his blog post.

Okay, here's the last thing. I am burying this here because I am concerned about offending people. I don't think what I share should offend people. But I did not post to Facebook because I am just not interested in comments or fall out. Though do not let such an admission stop you, if you want to leave a comment here. I get so few.

I am just being lazy and pasting in the Wikipedia entry on Porpentine (which is archaic for porcupine).
It also provides contrast to break up my sections as it's the Wiki page. For references, follow the link to Wikipedia.

Porpentine (game designer)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porpentine is a feminist video game designer, writer and curator. She is primarily a developer of hypertext games and interactive fiction.^[1] Alongside VVVVVV developer Terry Cavanagh and several others, she is an editor for freeindiegam.es, a curated collection of free, independently produced games.^[2][3] She is a columnist for online PC gaming magazine Rock, Paper, Shotgun.^[4]Game design[edit]Porpentine's games are mainly built using Twine.
Howling Dogs[edit]Porpentine's 2012 Twine game Howling Dogs incorporates themes of escapism, violence and religious experience, though she has stated that it should be open to interpretation.^[5] It won the 2012 XYZZY awards in the "Best story" and "Best writing" categories.^[6] The Boston Phoenix listed it as one of their "Top 5 indie games of 2012".^[7]During the 2013 Game Developers Conference, game designer Richard Hofmeier vandalised the booth he had been given to showcase his award-winning game Cart Life, spray-painting the words "Howling Dogs". He stated he wished to give greater exposure to Porpentine's game.^[8][9]Jump up

I came across the following via, who else, WARREN ELLIS. This person, who goes by the Twitter handle of PORPENTINE is selling a "cute cyber book" called MY WITCH ANCESTORS DIED FOR MY RIGHT TO FUCK SATAN, I think, mainly, just to get your attention. Did it work?

The book itself (at least so far) is a strange collection of art images and writings that meld computer game lingo, strange colors, sex talk, and other ephemera into an eclectic and quite strange whole. I was curious so I purchased.

Check it here: LINK TO CUTE CYBER BOOK.

"WRONG TURN" - JACK JOHNSON

"THE SHARING SONG"- JACK JOHNSON

HIATUS TEXT: I am taking a short hiatus. A "hiatus" for the 365 T-shirts Blog does not mean that there will not be shirts or that I will skip posting on any forthcoming day. There will be shirts. But the shirts will not be exciting or the featured shirts will not require me to write a small novel to properly generate the content I feel is sufficient. I created a category for my hiatus so as to group together those "easy" shirts that I consider to be "hiatus shirts." The goal of the hiatus is to fill in many blog days with easy shirts in order to complete longer love letters to beloved popular culture icons on more special shirts and to write more complex entries AHEAD OF TIME. The daily grind is becoming too much and causing me to fall behind and to be forced to post incomplete entries. I am hoping that a series of hiatus shirts will allow me to catch up, get ahead, and stay ahead. Ideally, I would like to be writing the bulk of each entry three days ahead while always working on at least one other. I have a lot of great shirts to share before the end of my blog year (after all I was just given SIXTEEN shirts for my birthday). Stay tuned. I promise to post the more interesting and longer T-shirt entries as I finish them. Thanks for reading. BTW, this is the standard HIATUS TEXT that I will include in every "hiatus shirt" entry.

COVER GALLERY

These are just covers (and one splash page) that I downloaded lately from various sources. Random set. No theme. CURIOUS? Enjoy.

Iron Fist #11 - John Byrne art - today's posts - Blogger

Jan 20, 2014

Iron Fist v1 #11 - John Byrne art: Rating and review by Pencil Ink, a vintage comic book artists blog & checklist.

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

NEW AVENGERS (2010) #11 (THOR HOLLYWOOD VARIANT)
Published: April 13, 2011
Rating: T+
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Howard Chaykin
Cover Artist: Amanda Conner
The past comes crashing into the present as the secret history of Nick Fury and the Avenger Initiative has come to haunt the New Avengers in the modern day. As one of the Avengers lays near death ... more

Power Man and Iron Fist #50 - John Byrne art - today's posts - Blogger

May 10, 2013

Power Man v1 #50, 1978 - The masthead heralds the beginning of a new partnership between the two heroes. Having his innocence finally proven, this special issue briefly retells Power Man's origin from Luke Cage, Hero for ...

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

X-men #63 - Neal Adams art & cover - today's posts - Blogger

Feb 03, 2014

X-men v1 #63, 1969 - Magneto reveals himself as he begins his conquest of the Savage Land. In response, the X-men join forces with the jungle lord Ka-Zar. Neal Adams' cover hints at the birth of a newly created mutant ...

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

Jim Starlin cover - today's posts - Blogger

Nov 23, 2011

Astonishing Tales v1 #16 featuring Ka-Zar, 1972 - Bursting through a comics page, Ka-Zar and his saber-tooth tiger Zabu reach out towards the reader in true heroic fashion. Jim Starlin's figures appear more cohesive due to ...

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

House of Mystery #203 - Nestor Redondo, Bernie ... - today's posts

Jun 08, 2008

House of Mystery v1 #203, 1972 - Nestor Redondo's lengthiest DC tale yet tells of a crooked real estate tycoon and a rotund, mysterious old woman. Nicely illustrated in his classical style, the story's highlight is a montage ...

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

Iron Fist #10 - John Byrne art - today's posts - Blogger

Jan 30, 2014

Iron Fist v1 #10 - John Byrne art: Rating and review by Pencil Ink, a vintage comic book artists blog & checklist.

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

Witching Hour #21 - non-attributed Nestor Redondo art - today's posts

Jan 28, 2014

Witching Hour v1 #21, 1972 - After finding treasure in an old Italian church, two GIs vow to return after the war to claim it. Nestor Redondo opens with an exceptional opening splash. The incessant barrage of enemy artillery ...

http://pencilink.blogspot.com/

COUNTDOWN TO END OF THE BLOG YEAR - 43 shirts remaining

- chris tower - first published - 1402.06 - 9:59
Final Publication - 1402.08 - 20:22



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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1808.04 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1127 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1260 - How to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda using Serverless

https://semaphoreci.com/community/tutorials/continuous-deployment-of-a-dockerized-node-js-application-to-aws-ecs

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1260 - How to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda using Serverless

The computer studies continue. My study. Not my teaching.

If you have clicked on my blog before, you know the drill. Often these are hear as "to read" more so then "have read," though this one looks good.

Guess who just installed Node.js on both of his machines?? :-)


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https://hackernoon.com/how-to-deploy-a-node-js-application-to-aws-lambda-using-serverless-ae7e7ebe0996

How to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda using Serverless

Adnan Rahić

Dev/Advocate at dashbird.io. Co-Founder at bookvar.co. Author of "Serverless JavaScript by Example" - bit.ly/sls-js. Local leader at freeCodeCamp Sarajevo.

Jul 25

Being a developer is amazing. Writing code, solving problems and thinking of ingenious solutions for complicated algorithms is what we live for. But, the grass is not always so green on this side of the fence. Sooner or later you need to get your hands dirty and deploy the app you worked so hard on. Deployments are not always easy. To be blunt, they can be incredibly hard and time-consuming. That’s what we’ll solve in this tutorial.

TL;DR

You can follow along from the beginning or jump to the section which interests you most, and severely hurt my feelings. 😅

• Goals
• Prerequisites
• What’s AWS Lambda?
• But, how does it work?
• What will we deploy?
• How to deploy it?
• Let’s get coding!
• Ready to deploy!
• Deploying to production!
• How to gain insight into your system?

Goals

Today you’ll learn how to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Lambda with the help of the Serverless Framework.

The walkthrough will also cover a real-life scenario of deploying a production version of your application, with environment variables, proper monitoring, and, of course, easy debugging. Oh, how I love seeing nice stack traces!

Prerequisites

This tutorial will need you to have a few simple things set up already. Don’t worry, nothing special, just the basics, and I’ll link it all below for you to see, and make sure you have, before moving on.

• AWS account — AWS has 12 months of free tiers, and plenty of lifetime free tiers, so don’t worry about breaking the bank.
• Node.js and npm installed — Here’s a quick reference for making sure you have them installed.
• Serverless Framework installed — Check this out for a nice reference, and follow along steps 1–3.
• Dashbird account — This will give us the required overview to see what’s happening to our app.

Ready? Let’s go!

What’s AWS Lambda?

AWS Lambda is a pay-as-you-go serverless compute service. Meaning what now? Well, you just deploy your source code to AWS and they handle the rest. Amazing! No need to fiddle with servers, ssh connections, Linux or Vim. But, want to know what’s even better? It scales automatically and has absolutely no downtime. I’ll let that sink in…

The technical definition for AWS Lambda would be a Function as a Service. You deploy some code, it gets invoked, processes some input, and returns a value. Simple!

Hold up a sec. We need to mention a crucial fact. All lambda functions are stateless, meaning they cannot store persistent data. And, if I just said Function as a Service, how do we deploy a whole Node.js application to AWS Lambda?

But, how does it work?

When you think about it, it’s not that complicated. A single lambda function is essentially just a tiny Node.js runtime environment. You can run whatever you want in there. That’s what we’ll do, package up a Node.js app and send it off to AWS Lambda. Sneaky. 😉

What will we deploy?

To make this example as simple as possible, the code we’ll be deploying is just 7 lines long. However, it could be as large as any Node.js application you have in production, and it would all work like a charm. Intriguing…

How do we deploy it?

In comes the Serverless Framework like a horse riding a white knight! Hold up, I may have that backward. 🤔

Anyhow, this awesome framework enables us to both develop our apps locally, just like we’re used to, but also deploy it with one simple command. Hmm… tell me more.

Let’s get coding!

First thing’s first. Open up your terminal, we need to install some packages. Yay, installing stuff, love it! 😫

1. Install and configure the Serverless Framework

$ npm install -g serverless

Note: Prefix the command with sudo if you're running this command on Linux.

$ sls config credentials --provider aws --key PUBLIC_KEY --secret SECRET_KEY

Make sure to add your IAM User’s public and secret key instead of the placeholders I specified above. If you skipped this part above, here’s the official guide in the AWS docs.

2. Create the boilerplate code

Let’s create a new folder and give it a rather noteworthy name. Jump over to your terminal and run the commands below.

$ mkdir serverless-nodejs-app && cd serverless-nodejs-app

Awesome, now what’s left is to run the create command to generate some starter code for us. This is called a serverless service.

$ sls create -t aws-nodejs -n serverless-nodejs-app

Only one more step before opening a code editor.

$ npm init -y 
$ npm install --save express serverless-http

That’s it! Let’s open it up in a code editor and do some real coding.

4. Coding for real

Once you open up the code editor, you’ll see three files. Ignoring the .gitignore file, let me explain what the handler.js is first, then I'll move on to the serverless.yml. The handler will hold all your app logic, all the code. While the servereless.yml is the configuration file for the resources you'll be creating on AWS.

Go ahead and rename the handler.js to app.js, just to make it simpler for us to figure out what goes where.

Delete all the starter code and paste this code snippet into the app.js file.

// app.js 

const express = require('express') 
const sls = require('serverless-http') 
const app = express() 
app.get('/', async (req, res, next) => { 
  res.status(200).send('Hello World!') 
}) 
module.exports.server = sls(app)

Seven lines of code 😎. Looks familiar right? Just like you’re used to. That’s it. Believe it or not, there’s nothing more to it. Let’s move on to the serverless.yml.

Once again, delete all the boilerplate code and paste this in.

# serverless.yml 

service: serverless-nodejs-app 

provider: 
  name: aws 
  runtime: nodejs8.10 
  stage: dev 
  region: eu-central-1 
  functions: 
    app: 
      handler: app.server # reference the file and exported method
      events: # events trigger lambda functions 
        - http: # this is an API Gateway HTTP event trigger 
            path: / 
            method: ANY 
            cors: true 
        - http: # all routes get proxied to the Express router 
            path: /{proxy+} 
            method: ANY 
            cors: true

Done! All that’s left is to deploy it.

Ready to deploy!

Switch back to the terminal window. By running one simple command your app will be deployed.

The Serverless Framework will now wrap everything up into a nice bundle, create a CloudFormation file from the serverless.yml and shoot it off to AWS S3. Once the resources are created and the code is deployed, you'll see an endpoint get sent back to you in the terminal.

Opening up the provided URL in a browser you’ll see Hello World! get sent back to you.

Deploying to production!

This is great and all, but not really ready for a production environment… yet. Worry not! You’ll be surprised how simple it is to make it production ready.

1. Add a secrets.json file to keep environment variables

For now, let’s just add the NODE_ENV in the secrets.json.

{ 
  "NODE_ENV": "production" 
}

2. Add a reference for the secrets.json in the serverless.yml

As simple as it was to add the secrets file, it’s even easier to just reference the file in the serverless.yml.

service: serverless-nodejs-app 

custom: # add these two lines 
  secrets: ${file(secrets.json)} # reference the secrets.json file

provider: 
  name: aws 
  runtime: nodejs8.10 
  stage: production # make sure to change this to production 
  region: eu-central-1 
  environment: # add environment property 
    NODE_ENV: ${self:custom.secrets.NODE_ENV} 
    # reference the NODE_ENV from the secrets.json file 

  functions: 
    app: 
      handler: app.server 
      events: 
        - http: 
            path: / 
            method: ANY 
            cors: true 
        - http: 
            path: /{proxy+} 
            method: ANY 
            cors: true

Amazing, that’s it! Delete the node_modules and .serverless folders from the service and run npm install once again, but this time with the --production flag.

$ npm install --production

Great! All that’s left is to re-deploy the service and you’re set.

$ sls deploy

And this is what we end up with.

I guess we’re done? Not really. Having an app running in production just because you installed npm modules with --production doesn't really cut it. To be able to sleep well at night, I need a bit more. Here's where proper system insight and monitoring tools come to play. Let me show you.

How to gain insight into your system?

The #1 problem with all serverless applications are their distributed nature. Plain and simple, it’s impossibly hard to have an overview of all the things going on. Not to mention how hard it is to debug when something goes wrong.

To calm my fears I use Dashbird. It’s a simple monitoring tool that doesn’t require me to change any code and has absolutely no overhead. So, no performance-hits either. Nice!

Thankfully, they have sensible documentation, which makes the onboarding process a breeze. Go ahead and follow their Quick Start guide. Don’t forget to come back here though. 😄

Once you’re done, all the requests will start piling in one by one and you should see something like this.

Wrapping up

This was fun!

Lambda is awesome! When combined with HTTP event triggers such as API Gateway, development tools like the Serverless Framework and observability tools such as Dashbird, things just become so easy.

This simple API example we coded above is just a proof of concept. But you can see the point. It gives you a starting point from where you can create awesome production apps!

If you missed any of the steps above, here’s the repository with all the code, or join my newsletter, to stay up to date!

You can also take a look at a few of my other articles regarding serverless:

• Getting started with AWS Lambda and Node.js
• A crash course on securing Serverless APIs with JSON web tokens
• Migrating your Node.js REST API to Serverless
• Building a Serverless REST API with Node.js and MongoDB
• A crash course on Serverless with Node.js

Hope you guys and girls enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Do you think this tutorial will be of help to someone? Do not hesitate to share. If you liked it, smash the clap below so other people will see this here on Medium.

Originally published at dev.to.

• Web Development
• AWS
• Serverless
• AWS Lambda
• Nodejs

Adnan Rahić

Dev/Advocate at dashbird.io. Co-Founder at bookvar.co. Author of "Serverless JavaScript by Example" - bit.ly/sls-js. Local leader at freeCodeCamp Sarajevo.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1808.03 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1126 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.