AWS Architecture Blog
Category: Compute
How Karrot built a feature platform on AWS, Part 1: Motivation and feature serving
This two-part series shows how Karrot developed a new feature platform, which consists of three main components: feature serving, a stream ingestion pipeline, and a batch ingestion pipeline. This post starts by presenting our motivation, our requirements, and the solution architecture, focusing on feature serving.
How Karrot built a feature platform on AWS, Part 2: Feature ingestion
This two-part series shows how Karrot developed a new feature platform, which consists of three main components: feature serving, a stream ingestion pipeline, and a batch ingestion pipeline. This post covers the process of collecting features in real-time and batch ingestion into an online store, and the technical approaches for stable operation.
How Zapier runs isolated tasks on AWS Lambda and upgrades functions at scale
In this post, you’ll learn how Zapier has built their serverless architecture focusing on three key aspects: using Lambda functions to build isolated Zaps, operating over a hundred thousand Lambda functions through Zapier’s control plane infrastructure, and enhancing security posture while reducing maintenance efforts by introducing automated function upgrades and cleanup workflows into their platform architecture.
Implement monitoring for Amazon EKS with managed services
In this post, we show you how to implement comprehensive monitoring for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) workloads using AWS managed services. This solution demonstrates building an EKS platform that combines flexible compute options with enterprise-grade observability using AWS native services and OpenTelemetry.
Migrate and modernize VMware workloads with AWS Transform for VMware
AWS Transform for VMware is a service that tackles cloud migration challenges by significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating the migration of critical VMware workloads to AWS Cloud. In this post, we highlight its comprehensive capabilities, including streamlined discovery and assessment, intelligent network conversion, enhanced security and compliance, and orchestrated migration execution.
How Launchpad from Pega enables secure SaaS extensibility with AWS Lambda
In this post, we share how Pegasystems (Pega) built Launchpad, its new SaaS development platform, to solve a core challenge in multi-tenant environments: enabling secure customer customization. By running tenant code in isolated environments with AWS Lambda, Launchpad offers its customers a secure, scalable foundation, eliminating the need for bespoke code customizations.
Improving platform resilience at Cash App
Cash App, a leading peer-to-peer payments and digital wallet service from Block, Inc., has implemented resilience improvements across the entire technology stack. In this post, we discuss how Cash App improved the resilience of its compute platform built on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) by implementing a dual-cluster topology to reduce single points of failure. We also discuss how Cash App used AWS Fault Injection Service (AWS FIS) to conduct an Availability Zone power interruption scenario in non-production environments, preparing the platform team for real-world failures and ongoing
How Smartsheet reduced latency and optimized costs in their serverless architecture
In this post, we discuss Smartsheet’s journey optimizing its serverless architecture. We explore the solution, the stringent requirements Smartsheet faced, and how they’ve achieved an over 80% latency reduction. This technical journey offers valuable insights for organizations looking to enhance their serverless architectures with proven enterprise-grade optimization techniques.
How UNiDAYS achieved AWS Region expansion in 3 weeks
In this post, we share how UNiDAYS achieved AWS Region expansion in just 3 weeks using AWS services.
Announcing the Well-Architected Data Residency with Hybrid Cloud Services Lens
The new Well-Architected Data Residency with Hybrid Cloud Services Lens is available now. Use the lens whitepaper to adopt your hybrid cloud workloads according to the tenants of the Well-Architected Framework while maintaining data sovereignty requirements.