There are countless ways to build serverless APIs. You can use single-purpose Lambda functions, monolithic Lambdaliths, or a mix of both. In this post, I share an opinionated and pragmatic approach that I've found to work well for me.

Learn how to use CloudFront functions and the newly released CloudFront KeyValueStore to build a simple and fully serverless URL shortener.

Learn how to use the newly released advanced logging controls to consolidate your Lambda logs into a single log group. This overcomes one of the most painful aspects of CloudWatch Logs Insights: combing through hundreds of Log groups.