June 2, 2026 Tier 3 logging in code: OpenTelemetry to Grafana Tempo The three changes that take a serverless API from Powertools and traceparent strings to OTel SDK spans shipping to Tempo, with a runnable docker-compose stack.
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June 1, 2026 Tier 2 logging in code: Powertools, EMF, traceparent The three changes that take a serverless API from CloudWatch-only logging to Tier 2, walked through with a runnable LocalStack repo and the actual log lines it produces.
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May 31, 2026 API logging in production Three-tier guide to logging a serverless API on AWS. The CloudWatch-only baseline in detail, plus what I would reach for next when it strains.
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May 27, 2026 Orchestration with Step Functions The same four-step order saga, this time driven by a Step Functions state machine. Catch blocks for compensation, no event bus.
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May 26, 2026 Choreography with EventBridge Four Lambdas coordinated through EventBridge events, deployed to LocalStack. The first half of a saga pattern comparison; the orchestration version comes next.
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