{"product_id":"serverless-without-surprises-amara-hawthorn-9798249302429","title":"Serverless Without Surprises: Fast Delivery on Lambda and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eServerless promises speed, scale, and freedom from infrastructure-but too often delivers cold starts, runaway costs, tangled architectures, and late-night incidents. This book cuts through the hype to show how to build \u003cb\u003efast, reliable, and predictable serverless systems\u003c\/b\u003e on AWS Lambda and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for engineers who need to move quickly \u003ci\u003ewithout breaking things\u003c\/i\u003e, this book focuses on real-world delivery: how to design serverless architectures that scale gracefully, deploy confidently, and stay boring in production. You'll learn how experienced teams avoid common traps, make smart trade-offs, and keep velocity high as systems grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign Lambda-based architectures that are easy to reason about and evolve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeliver features faster with event-driven and async patterns that actually work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eControl cold starts, latency, and costs before they become production surprises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTest, observe, and debug serverless systems in the real world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecide when \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e to use Lambda-and what to use instead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eApply serverless principles beyond AWS to modern cloud platforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with battle-tested patterns, clear explanations, and hard-won lessons from production systems, \u003cb\u003eServerless Without Surprises\u003c\/b\u003e helps you turn serverless from a risky experiment into a dependable delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amara Hawthorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249302429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Amara Hawthorn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997498192127,"sku":"9798249302429","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serverless-without-surprises-amara-hawthorn-9798249302429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}