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AWS Serverless Ops and the Cost of it All

Serverless Architecture at the Right Price Point

Live 05. August 2025 | 12:00 - 14:30 CET

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Your smooth start into AWS Serverless

You want to build scalable applications on AWS Serverless—without losing control of your costs?

In this live event, Vadym Kazulkin and Dan Erez will show you exactly how to achieve that. You’ll learn how to evaluate core AWS services like API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora Serverless, SQS, and S3 and how to integrate them effectively into your architecture. You’ll also get concrete guidance—for example, when DynamoDB or Aurora is the better choice, and how to build modern architectures using event-driven services like SQS, SNS, Kinesis, and EventBridge.

Tailoring AWS services to your application needs

Whether you’re planning a new project or optimizing existing systems – this live event offers hands-on tips for choosing the right tools, scaling your infrastructure, and avoiding unnecessary costs. Learn how to unlock the full potential of AWS Serverless while balancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

12:00 - 12:30 PM | Making Sense of AWS Serverless Operations | Vadym Kazulkin

There’s a common misconception that AWS Serverless services can scale without limits. But every AWS service (not only Serverless) has a big list of quotas that everybody needs to understand and take into account during the development. In this talk, I’ll highlight the key considerations for the scalability of the AWS Serverless services and explain quotas (from the hyper scalability point of view, but not only) for services like API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora Serverless, SQS, S3 and others. I’ll also cover how to architect your solutions with these quotas and technical concepts of the distributed systems in mind, such as token bucket algorithm, throughput and burst rate, concurrency, retry with exponential backoff and jitter and others. We’ll discuss some general architectural decisions like choosing between DynamoDB or Aurora (Serverless) for the database choice and SQS, SNS, Kinesis or EventBridge in case you use asynchronous communication/event-driven patterns.

13:00 - 13:30 | Cloud costs and how to run your workloads for free | Dan Erez

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Join us and learn...

How services like API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora Serverless, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, and EventBridge work—and when to use them.
Which services best fit specific use cases (e.g., DynamoDB vs. Aurora) and make smart decisions both technically and financially.
Insights into building systems that efficiently handle growing data volumes and dynamic user behavior.
Practical tips on keeping costs under control as you scale—without compromising performance.

Expert Knowledge for

Cloud and DevOps teams designing, operating, or automating scalable, low-maintenance architectures.
Backend developers and engineers working with Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS & more—who want to understand deeper architectural decisions.
CTOs and tech leads aiming to strategically establish modern, efficient Serverless solutions within their organizations.
Product owners and consultants who plan or advise on technical solutions and need a clear understanding of the pros and cons of AWS services.

Get to know our expert

Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Development at ip.labs GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the FUJIFILM Group, based in Bonn. Vadym has been involved with the Java ecosystem for over twenty years. His focus and interests currently include the design and implementation of highly scalable and available applications, Serverless and AWS Cloud. Vadym is the co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup and AWS Community Builder in the Serverless category and a frequent speaker at various Meetups and conferences.

Vadym Kazulkin - ip.labs GmbH

Dan Erez is a seasoned software engineer, Architect and tech lead. He has worked in enterprises and startups (one acquired by VMWare) and lately been working on cloud/serverless related innovations. He also writes technical blog posts (dan.erez @medium), speaks at conferences around the world and is an avid homebrewer (not necessarily in that order).

Dan Erez - ZIM

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