Are you ready to level up your software architecture skills? In this episode, we deep-dive into the world of diagrams and show you why they are essential for creating robust and scalable cloud architectures! Starting with the basics, we explain why diagrams are so important and why you should be using them in your work. We'll discuss different approaches to creating diagrams mentioning the popular C4 method and some alternative approaches. In the context of AWS we will share some insider tips about using AWS icon sets to enhance your architecture diagrams and make them look as professional as possible. Next, we'll take you for a tour of the various tools you can use to create diagrams, from manual drag-n-drop tools like Visio, DrawIo, Excalidraw, and LucidCharts, to programmatic tools like Mermaid, Python diagrams library, and Kroki. We will also share some exciting insights into generating diagrams from infrastructure using tools like CfnDiagrams and the Terraform graph command. Finally, we'll close this episode by showing you how to share your diagrams and collaborate effectively with others. ? SPONSORS ? AWS Bites is sponsored by fourTheorem (https://fourtheorem.com). fourTheorem is an AWS Consulting Partner offering training, cloud migration, and modern application architecture. ? Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:05 Why do we do diagrams? 01:50 Where do we start creating diagrams? Should we follow the C4 method? 05:52 Some comments about AWS icon sets in architecture diagrams 06:52 How can we create diagrams? What kind of tools should we use? 09:14 Manual tools to create diagrams (Visio, DrawIo, Excalidraw, LucidCharts, etc) 12:04 Using TLDraw (with a tablet and an iPad) 13:40 Programmatic tools (Mermaid, python diagrams lib, kroki, etc) 16:38 Generating diagrams from infrastructure (CfnDiagrams, Terraform graph, etc) 19:45 How can we share diagrams? 22:55 Closing In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: - Official AWS Icon set: https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons/ - CloudCraft: https://www.cloudcraft.co/ - ExcaliDraw: https://excalidraw.com/ - Diagrams.net: https://www.diagrams.net/ - LucidChart: https://www.lucidchart.com/ - Whiteboard: substitute tldraw: https://www.tldraw.com/ - Mermaid: https://mermaid.js.org/ - Python diagrams library: https://pypi.org/project/diagrams/ - Kroki URL-based diagram renderer: https://kroki.io/ - cfn-diagram by Lars Jacobssen: https://github.com/ljacobsson/cfn-diagram - cdk-dia by Tom Roshko: https://github.com/pistazie/cdk-dia - AWS Application Composer: https://aws.amazon.com/application-composer/ You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q - Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== - Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites - RSS: ​​https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige #AWS #diagrams #architecture ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYmcjVX0CK8

Lambda functions are small units of code that achieve a specific purpose. It’s always a good idea to keep your code short, clean and simple. And yet, sometimes you find yourself writing lots of boilerplate code in every function to do common things, like parsing events, validation, loading parameters and lots more. The Middy.js framework was designed to help you keep Node.js Lambda function code simple, letting you focus on the business logic and clearing away duplication and boilerplate. By the end of this episode, you will know: How Middy.js works with JavaScript and TypeScript, how to perform validation, event parsing and parameter loading, and how you can even write and use your own Middy middleware. Finally you’ll get to know who is using Middy and how you could contribute to the Middy ecosystem. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:05 The history of Middy 04:28 The growth of the Middy community 07:00 Differences between Middy pre-v1 and new releases of the framework 09:43 What can you do with Middy and what are some of the built-in middlewares 14:19 How to get started with Middy 17:14 Interesting projects using Middy in production 19:21 How do you write your own custom middlewares 23:05 Documentation, tutorials and Middy integrations with other tools 24:45 Closing In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: - Middy Website and documentation: https://middy.js.org/ - How to get started with middy (official docs): https://middy.js.org/docs - Middy official middlewares (official docs): https://middy.js.org/docs/middlewares/intro - How to write your own middlewares (official docs): https://middy.js.org/docs/category/writing-middlewares - Middy integrations (official docs): https://middy.js.org/docs/category/integrations - Interview with Taco Bell in an episode of Real World Serverless where they mention how they use middy: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/real-world/56-serverless-at-tacobell--k5gAQBMHSb/ - Open source projects using Middy: https://github.com/middyjs/middy/network/dependents?package_id=UGFja2FnZS00Njc1NDUzOTU%3D - Lambda Power Tools for TypeScript Middy Integration: https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/0.10.0/core/logger/#capturing-lambda-context-info You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-bites/id1585489017 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7PzqBFV6yt5WsTAmO5q - Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82YTMzMTJhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== - Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites - RSS: ​​https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on Twitter: - https://twitter.com/eoins - https://twitter.com/loige #aws #serverless #lambda ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18y6OjdeR6o