James BeswickFrom idea to 80,000 words: Finding the timeThis series tackles topics to help aspiring novel writers finish their drafts. In the first part, I look at the practical elements of…5 min read·Sep 11, 2023----
James BeswickAdding serverless functionality to existing applicationsThe AWS Serverless Application Repository can provide new functionality to your existing applications, without needing to manage servers.7 min read·Aug 19, 2019----
James BeswickFound in translation — going multilingual with serverlessYour customers speak different languages. Now your application can too.8 min read·Aug 7, 2019----
James BeswickForms without servers — handling form submissions with LambdaConverting from server-side form management is a key step in migrating websites to serverless.7 min read·Jul 29, 2019--7--7
James BeswickinITNEXTBuild a voting website that doesn’t crash — part two. Now with Amplify.In the first article, we built a serverless voting website in under an hour. Now let’s do it again, this time using AWS Amplify.8 min read·Jun 7, 2019--4--4
James BeswickinITNEXTWill it scale? Let’s load test geohashing on DynamoDBJames Beswick and Richard Boyd test how far a simple geohashing solution can scale serverlessly.7 min read·Apr 1, 2019--3--3
James BeswickinThe StartupCaffeinate me! Build a serverless app to find the nearest Starbucks.Uniting Starbucks and serverless, this project uses VueJS and geospatial queries on DynamoDB to provide a quick coffee fix.7 min read·Mar 27, 2019--2--2
James BeswickinA Cloud GuruLocation-based search results with DynamoDB and GeohashSearching for the nearest or farthest location is easy thanks to DynamoDB and a small geocoding NPM package6 min read·Mar 24, 2019--6--6
James BeswickinITNEXTBuild a voting website that doesn’t crash under load (in under an hour)Spiky traffic? Unpredictable load? Sounds like a job for serverless.4 min read·Mar 21, 2019--7--7
James BeswickinITNEXTI can serverless, and you can too!Learn how to use a serverless approach to build a complex mobile app for a zoo.11 min read·Mar 19, 2019--5--5