Episode 086 - Serverless Permissions and Eye-Roll Worthy Puns with Alex Wood

Tune in to this week's episode as our hosts, Emily and Dave, sit down with none other than Alex Wood, Senior Software Engineer, AWS Serverless Developer Experience. In this candid discussion, Alex shares his remarkable 12-year journey at Amazon that saw him spearhead the development of the AWS Ruby SDK and led him to become part of the early Serverless era. Want to dive deeper into the nuts and bolts of IAM Policies and Resource Policies? Alex breaks it down for us, shedding light on their importance, differences, and how to effectively leverage both in your cloud architecture. Alex also uncovers the mystery of AWS Serverless Connectors, giving us an exclusive walkthrough that can help you streamline Serverless permissions management, boost security, and optimize your apps. Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexwwood Alex’s Talks: https://alexwood.codes/about.html Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev [DOCS] Serverless Connector Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/sam-resource-connector.html [PORTAL] Amazon CodeWhisperer: https://aws.amazon.com/codewhisperer/ Subscribe: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1065378 Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/PC:1001065378 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss