James Eastham
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James Eastham
@jameseastham.co.uk
Developer | International Speaker | Microsoft MVP | AWS Community Builder | Endurance Athelete

Talking Serveless at Datadog | ex-AWS

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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
August 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
August 3, 2025 at 4:32 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.
July 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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 👇
July 26, 2025 at 9:39 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
July 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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
July 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM