State of Serverless DevEx & Observability • Jones Zachariah Noel N • GOTO 2025

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Serverless 2025. #GOTOcon #GOTOserverless https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025 Jones Zachariah Noel N - AWS Serverless Hero / Senior Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic @zachjonesnoeln RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/zachjonesnoel.bsky.social https://x.com/zachjonesnoel https://github.com/zachjonesnoel https://www.linkedin.com/in/jones-zachariah-noel-n https://zachjonesnoel.com https://blog.theserverlessterminal.com Links https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-lambda-turns-ten-the-first-decade-of-serverless-innovation ABSTRACT Fast forward from the last decade to now, we have witnessed significant change in developer experience of Lambda, Step Functions making is revolutionary for developers. In this session, we will dive into the 2 core pillars of the developer journey - DevEx and Observability which completes the cycle of development and production monitoring and observability in the present Serverless era and looking ahead. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:39 Lambda console in 2014 03:11 Code → Build → Deploy → Test 05:33 Flexible runtime & packaging 09:09 Lambda console in 2025 10:12 Workflow tools 12:48 Serverless is more than Lambda functions 13:44 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025/sessions/3847 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS • https://amzn.to/3hJzEUM Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang • https://amzn.to/3G5e8ST Ashley Peacock • Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • https://amzn.to/3EU7P85 Jeroen Mulder • Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects • https://amzn.to/3FdNDOA https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #DevEx #Serverless #AWSServerless #Observability #JonesZachariah #ZachJonesNoel CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1