James Eastham
@jameseastham.co.uk
Developer | International Speaker | Microsoft MVP | AWS Community Builder | Endurance Athelete
Talking Serveless at Datadog | ex-AWS
All views are my own.
He/Him
Talking Serveless at Datadog | ex-AWS
All views are my own.
He/Him
Excited to announce the new Datadog Commmunity YouTube channel. A new channel dedicated to talking about wider challenges in the tech industry that all of you are facing in your day to day work.
Link to subscribe and make sure you don't miss a video www.youtube.com/@DatadogComm...
#software
Link to subscribe and make sure you don't miss a video www.youtube.com/@DatadogComm...
#software
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Excited to announce the new Datadog Commmunity YouTube channel. A new channel dedicated to talking about wider challenges in the tech industry that all of you are facing in your day to day work.
Link to subscribe and make sure you don't miss a video www.youtube.com/@DatadogComm...
#software
Link to subscribe and make sure you don't miss a video www.youtube.com/@DatadogComm...
#software
Throwback listening on the train home from London. One of my favourite albums growing up.
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Throwback listening on the train home from London. One of my favourite albums growing up.
The most beautiful lady in the world ❤️✅
Royal Albert Hall ✅
Westlife ✅
Full philharmonic orchestra ✅
I'm a lucky man
Royal Albert Hall ✅
Westlife ✅
Full philharmonic orchestra ✅
I'm a lucky man
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most beautiful lady in the world ❤️✅
Royal Albert Hall ✅
Westlife ✅
Full philharmonic orchestra ✅
I'm a lucky man
Royal Albert Hall ✅
Westlife ✅
Full philharmonic orchestra ✅
I'm a lucky man
Had an absolute blast at ServerlessDays Milano. Incredibly well ran conference, great talks. Kudos to the organisers and those that hung on until the very end to see my talk.
#serverless #serverlessdays
#serverless #serverlessdays
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Had an absolute blast at ServerlessDays Milano. Incredibly well ran conference, great talks. Kudos to the organisers and those that hung on until the very end to see my talk.
#serverless #serverlessdays
#serverless #serverlessdays
@julianwood.com showing us all the cool new tools and techniques that you need to know about as a serverless developer.
#serverless #serverlessmilano
#serverless #serverlessmilano
October 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@julianwood.com showing us all the cool new tools and techniques that you need to know about as a serverless developer.
#serverless #serverlessmilano
#serverless #serverlessmilano
Daniele Frasca up next talking all things multi-region serverless architecture. Love seeing real world applications of things like cell based architecture.
Not relevant for everyone, but a powerful pattern to be aware of at scale.
#serverless #serverlessdays
Not relevant for everyone, but a powerful pattern to be aware of at scale.
#serverless #serverlessdays
October 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Daniele Frasca up next talking all things multi-region serverless architecture. Love seeing real world applications of things like cell based architecture.
Not relevant for everyone, but a powerful pattern to be aware of at scale.
#serverless #serverlessdays
Not relevant for everyone, but a powerful pattern to be aware of at scale.
#serverless #serverlessdays
@theburningmonk.com kicking things off at Serverless Days Milano talking about the hard parts of #serverless.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
@theburningmonk.com kicking things off at Serverless Days Milano talking about the hard parts of #serverless.
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Last week I released my "Deep Dive: Solutions Architecture" course on Dometrain. This week, reviews have started coming in.
Feedback like, and genuienly helping people is the reason I started doing content creation in the first place.
dometrain.com/course/deep-...
#software #softwarearchitecture
Feedback like, and genuienly helping people is the reason I started doing content creation in the first place.
dometrain.com/course/deep-...
#software #softwarearchitecture
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Last week I released my "Deep Dive: Solutions Architecture" course on Dometrain. This week, reviews have started coming in.
Feedback like, and genuienly helping people is the reason I started doing content creation in the first place.
dometrain.com/course/deep-...
#software #softwarearchitecture
Feedback like, and genuienly helping people is the reason I started doing content creation in the first place.
dometrain.com/course/deep-...
#software #softwarearchitecture
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Stag do ✅ class weekend in Edinburgh, and I made it out alive.
Wins all round.
(The dog didn't join us by the way)
Wins all round.
(The dog didn't join us by the way)
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Stag do ✅ class weekend in Edinburgh, and I made it out alive.
Wins all round.
(The dog didn't join us by the way)
Wins all round.
(The dog didn't join us by the way)
Great to catch up with Heitor Lessa and Nicolas Moutschen in Amsterdam yesterday. Always good to catch up with old friends 🎉
September 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great to catch up with Heitor Lessa and Nicolas Moutschen in Amsterdam yesterday. Always good to catch up with old friends 🎉
Sunday night vibes 🍺☀️
August 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sunday night vibes 🍺☀️
One of the best there is!
August 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
One of the best there is!
Feeling the sting of underutilized CPU cores? Discover how serverless functions and containers bring different strengths to the table—and how to leverage them for optimal efficiency!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#serverless #containers #aws #softwaredevelopment #architecture #development
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#serverless #containers #aws #softwaredevelopment #architecture #development
August 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Feeling the sting of underutilized CPU cores? Discover how serverless functions and containers bring different strengths to the table—and how to leverage them for optimal efficiency!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#serverless #containers #aws #softwaredevelopment #architecture #development
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#serverless #containers #aws #softwaredevelopment #architecture #development
I've said it before and I'll say it again, AWS ComSum is one of the best conferences I've attended globally. And I'm lucky enough to be back again this year.
I'll be there talking about 'Serverless or Containers? Who Cares Pick Both!" - Your guide for managing complexity in software.
See you there
I'll be there talking about 'Serverless or Containers? Who Cares Pick Both!" - Your guide for managing complexity in software.
See you there
August 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again, AWS ComSum is one of the best conferences I've attended globally. And I'm lucky enough to be back again this year.
I'll be there talking about 'Serverless or Containers? Who Cares Pick Both!" - Your guide for managing complexity in software.
See you there
I'll be there talking about 'Serverless or Containers? Who Cares Pick Both!" - Your guide for managing complexity in software.
See you there
Did you know modern software thrives with both reactive serverless functions and long-running containers? It's not an either-or decision!
Discover how to confidently choose when to use each in my latest video.
Dive in now!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#Serverless #Containers
Discover how to confidently choose when to use each in my latest video.
Dive in now!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#Serverless #Containers
August 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Did you know modern software thrives with both reactive serverless functions and long-running containers? It's not an either-or decision!
Discover how to confidently choose when to use each in my latest video.
Dive in now!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#Serverless #Containers
Discover how to confidently choose when to use each in my latest video.
Dive in now!
youtu.be/S9pSZiHjssg
#Serverless #Containers
Day 1: Clone repo, start Aspire
Day 1 (5 minutes later): Aspire dashboard loads
Day 1 (6 minutes later): Click button, send test message to Azure Function
Day 1 (7 minutes later): Set breakpoint, step through code
No Azure account to configure. This is what good developer experience looks like.
Day 1 (5 minutes later): Aspire dashboard loads
Day 1 (6 minutes later): Click button, send test message to Azure Function
Day 1 (7 minutes later): Set breakpoint, step through code
No Azure account to configure. This is what good developer experience looks like.
July 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Day 1: Clone repo, start Aspire
Day 1 (5 minutes later): Aspire dashboard loads
Day 1 (6 minutes later): Click button, send test message to Azure Function
Day 1 (7 minutes later): Set breakpoint, step through code
No Azure account to configure. This is what good developer experience looks like.
Day 1 (5 minutes later): Aspire dashboard loads
Day 1 (6 minutes later): Click button, send test message to Azure Function
Day 1 (7 minutes later): Set breakpoint, step through code
No Azure account to configure. This is what good developer experience looks like.
Setting up Azure Service Bus locally with Aspire:
Need a queue → queue created
Azure Functions → running locally
Debugging → actually possible
Watch how easy this is 👇
Need a queue → queue created
Azure Functions → running locally
Debugging → actually possible
Watch how easy this is 👇
July 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Setting up Azure Service Bus locally with Aspire:
Need a queue → queue created
Azure Functions → running locally
Debugging → actually possible
Watch how easy this is 👇
Need a queue → queue created
Azure Functions → running locally
Debugging → actually possible
Watch how easy this is 👇
Tired of jumping between interfaces? 😩 Used the editor inside the AWS console and left wanting more.
Now you can launch into Visual Studio Code directly from the AWS Console.
#serverless #AWS #awslambda #serverlessdevelopment #devex
Now you can launch into Visual Studio Code directly from the AWS Console.
#serverless #AWS #awslambda #serverlessdevelopment #devex
July 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tired of jumping between interfaces? 😩 Used the editor inside the AWS console and left wanting more.
Now you can launch into Visual Studio Code directly from the AWS Console.
#serverless #AWS #awslambda #serverlessdevelopment #devex
Now you can launch into Visual Studio Code directly from the AWS Console.
#serverless #AWS #awslambda #serverlessdevelopment #devex
Saturday morning miles. 🚲
Started wet, middle dry, end very wet again 🌦️🌦️🌦️
Started wet, middle dry, end very wet again 🌦️🌦️🌦️
July 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Saturday morning miles. 🚲
Started wet, middle dry, end very wet again 🌦️🌦️🌦️
Started wet, middle dry, end very wet again 🌦️🌦️🌦️
I've just hit a breakpoint in my local machine while debugging Lambda! And yes, it's fully supported by AWS.
Learn how you can replicate this setup with a BRAND NEW feature just announced by AWS to help ensure your functions run error-free.
#AWS #serverless #awslambda
Learn how you can replicate this setup with a BRAND NEW feature just announced by AWS to help ensure your functions run error-free.
#AWS #serverless #awslambda
July 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've just hit a breakpoint in my local machine while debugging Lambda! And yes, it's fully supported by AWS.
Learn how you can replicate this setup with a BRAND NEW feature just announced by AWS to help ensure your functions run error-free.
#AWS #serverless #awslambda
Learn how you can replicate this setup with a BRAND NEW feature just announced by AWS to help ensure your functions run error-free.
#AWS #serverless #awslambda
Getting really into Jazz. Started with what I believe is a classic, but hit me with any recommendations.
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Getting really into Jazz. Started with what I believe is a classic, but hit me with any recommendations.
The early morning start was so worth it. Only really got hot for the last 45 minutes. 🥵
My favourite kind of ride. Quiet roads, little bit of gravel/off road and some long sweeping tarmac speedier bits 🚲
My favourite kind of ride. Quiet roads, little bit of gravel/off road and some long sweeping tarmac speedier bits 🚲
July 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The early morning start was so worth it. Only really got hot for the last 45 minutes. 🥵
My favourite kind of ride. Quiet roads, little bit of gravel/off road and some long sweeping tarmac speedier bits 🚲
My favourite kind of ride. Quiet roads, little bit of gravel/off road and some long sweeping tarmac speedier bits 🚲
The strongest I've felt in months. Who'd have thought a bit of consistency would do wonders for general fitness.
July 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The strongest I've felt in months. Who'd have thought a bit of consistency would do wonders for general fitness.