Thread by @QuinnyPig

And now @kneekey23 and @sbarski take the stage to talk about solving problems the serverless way.

Note that with two speakers, they're very concerned about single points of failure. #ServerlessConf

"Tweeting two talks at the same time!" #serverlessconf

"Let's talk about Lambda, or other FaaS offerings of note" but fails to name any because we need to keep the talk semi-plausible here. #serverlessconf

Cross-compilation was showcased as an example. Now talking about serverless video transcoding. #serverlessconf

"It has to be completely serverless. We can't use a managed service. No AWSECS4K8S(EKS), ECS, or god forbid EC2." #serverlessconf

And now a demo!

The first one is running on a beefy EC2.

The second is uploaded to the serverless system. Now back to slides while those run. #serverlessconf

Now talking about MapReduce, a Google April Fools Day prank that got way out of hand. #Serverlessconf

So they built an algorithm to solve this out of what appears to be popsicle sticks and duct-tape. #Serverlessconf

It's a solid design, it just looks hilariously complex on an architecture diagram.

Who says Kubernetes folks have the best résumé fodder? #Serverlessconf

And any good Serverless diagram has many sub-diagrams.

#Serverlessconf is proudly sponsored by Big Visio.

This complexity comes at a cost. Yes, it works, but you've gotta keep an awful lot of state in your head when talking about it. #Serverlessconf

Back to the demo! EC2 is still processing. The Serverless one is done.

It looks like it's @houlihan_rick's talk from @AWSreInvent which you should watch immediately if you haven't. "Advanced Patterns in DynamoDB." #serverlessconf

"Thanks to the miracle of conference wifi, the download is taking longer than the transcoding did." #serverlessconf

And the video works! Huzzah! #serverlessconf

Now actual numbers! I do question the choice of a t2 instance (CPU credits / unlimited make that a very variable story).

#serverlessconf

Talking about caveats. "We used DynamoDB instead of Route 53" suspiciously absent. #Serverlessconf

They're open sourcing Serverless Transcoding.

"Oh CRAP" shrieks @awscloud's Elastic Transcoder team. They put other people out of business, now they're on the other side of it for once. #serverlessconf

Now I'm being asked to sort out the bill for this thing. I WAS NOT TOLD THERE WOULD BE HOMEWORK FOR ME. #serverlessconf

And so ends the saga of @kneekey23 and @sbarski hurling work my way. Lunch in the hallway, bitter recriminations in the speaker lounge! #serverlessconf