
Serverless with Mama J — Why Serverless
If you ever want to test how well you really understand something, try explaining it to your mom....
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If you ever want to test how well you really understand something, try explaining it to your mom....

I've spent a lot of time thinking about where MCP servers should live. I work with remote MCP servers...

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You've written this code before. An S3 event fires, your Lambda function wakes up, and the first...

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I recently posted a small code snippet in a LinkedIn poll and asked what sounded like a simple...

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