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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

With AWS Lambda, we introduced a serverless environment that allows developers to focus on code without managing servers, changing the development landscape significantly.

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A Conversation with Werner Vogels

@ Y Combinator

A Conversation with Werner Vogels

11/12/18

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