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Sascha Mirow-Stanitzok

Team lead Middleware at freenet. Building serverless systems on AWS since the early days: Serverless Framework, CDK, TypeScript, Lambda and event-driven design. Hands-on guides at sascha-ms.de

Location Büdelsdorf, Germany Joined Joined on  Personal website https://sascha-ms.de/en

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Team Lead Middleware at freenet

ElastiCache vector search: hybrid search from Lambda

ElastiCache vector search: hybrid search from Lambda

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TypeScript 7 Migration: Lambda and CDK Projects

TypeScript 7 Migration: Lambda and CDK Projects

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AgentCore Web Search API: web search without a gateway

AgentCore Web Search API: web search without a gateway

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SQS dead-letter queue: alarm, triage and redrive

SQS dead-letter queue: alarm, triage and redrive

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Team Working Agreements: Template and Workshop

Team Working Agreements: Template and Workshop

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Secrets in GitHub Actions logs: find and prevent leaks

Secrets in GitHub Actions logs: find and prevent leaks

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Monte Carlo forecasting: delivery dates without story points

Monte Carlo forecasting: delivery dates without story points

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Setting WIP limits: a guide for Kanban teams

Setting WIP limits: a guide for Kanban teams

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uv for AWS Lambda: Packaging Python Dependencies

uv for AWS Lambda: Packaging Python Dependencies

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Claude Fable 5.2 migration for TypeScript backends

Claude Fable 5.2 migration for TypeScript backends

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cdk-nag v3: Security Checks in CDK Tests with Vitest

cdk-nag v3: Security Checks in CDK Tests with Vitest

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DynamoDB transactions: TransactWriteItems with Lambda

DynamoDB transactions: TransactWriteItems with Lambda

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CloudWatch Logs retention policy for the whole account

CloudWatch Logs retention policy for the whole account

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Metrics for AI-generated code: measure impact, not people

Metrics for AI-generated code: measure impact, not people

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DynamoDB optimistic locking: version numbers with Lambda

DynamoDB optimistic locking: version numbers with Lambda

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Test CDK stacks: template assertions with Vitest

Test CDK stacks: template assertions with Vitest

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Consent decision making: a facilitation guide for teams

Consent decision making: a facilitation guide for teams

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Cut NAT gateway costs: cheaper Lambda in a VPC

Cut NAT gateway costs: cheaper Lambda in a VPC

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Claude IP allowlist: Lambda with a static egress IP

Claude IP allowlist: Lambda with a static egress IP

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Serverless & AI in brief: week 45/2026

Serverless & AI in brief: week 45/2026

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Advice Process: How to Distribute Team Decisions

Advice Process: How to Distribute Team Decisions

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Architecture Decision Records: Template and Example

Architecture Decision Records: Template and Example

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Lambda Powertools for Python: logs, traces, metrics

Lambda Powertools for Python: logs, traces, metrics

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Lambda response streaming: live AI answers from Bedrock

Lambda response streaming: live AI answers from Bedrock

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Clean Up Lambda Versions: Prune and S3 Reference Mode

Clean Up Lambda Versions: Prune and S3 Reference Mode

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SnapStart for Python: measure and cut Lambda cold starts

SnapStart for Python: measure and cut Lambda cold starts

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Lambda unit tests with Vitest: test TypeScript handlers

Lambda unit tests with Vitest: test TypeScript handlers

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Resolving team conflict: a guide for team leads

Resolving team conflict: a guide for team leads

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SSRF protection for webhooks: call user URLs safely

SSRF protection for webhooks: call user URLs safely

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Claim check pattern: large messages with S3 and SQS

Claim check pattern: large messages with S3 and SQS

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Pull request template for AI-generated code

Pull request template for AI-generated code

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Retry Budget in TypeScript: Stop Retry Storms

Retry Budget in TypeScript: Stop Retry Storms

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How to Ask for Feedback as a Manager: Questions That Work

How to Ask for Feedback as a Manager: Questions That Work

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How to Write a Runbook: Template and Lambda Examples

How to Write a Runbook: Template and Lambda Examples

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Lambda SBOM: Which function ships which npm package?

Lambda SBOM: Which function ships which npm package?

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Avoid alert fatigue: alarms worth waking up for

Avoid alert fatigue: alarms worth waking up for

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AgentCore Web Answer: cited web search for AI agents

AgentCore Web Answer: cited web search for AI agents

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Scheduled provisioned concurrency for AWS Lambda

Scheduled provisioned concurrency for AWS Lambda

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Automation bias: when teams trust AI blindly

Automation bias: when teams trust AI blindly

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Serverless Framework GitHub Actions: least-privilege deploys

Serverless Framework GitHub Actions: least-privilege deploys

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How to run a game day: a playbook for failure drills

How to run a game day: a playbook for failure drills

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Validate Lambda events with Powertools Parser and Zod

Validate Lambda events with Powertools Parser and Zod

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Parameter Store data types: validate values on write

Parameter Store data types: validate values on write

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DynamoDB Bulk Put Items: Load S3 Data into Existing Tables

DynamoDB Bulk Put Items: Load S3 Data into Existing Tables

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GitHub Actions OIDC: AWS deploys without access keys

GitHub Actions OIDC: AWS deploys without access keys

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CloudWatch API key: OpenTelemetry traces without SigV4

CloudWatch API key: OpenTelemetry traces without SigV4

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On-call rotation: how to organize it fairly

On-call rotation: how to organize it fairly

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AWS FIS Lambda: chaos experiments step by step

AWS FIS Lambda: chaos experiments step by step

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Claude Message Threads API: Agent Loops in TypeScript

Claude Message Threads API: Agent Loops in TypeScript

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Incident Commander Role: A Guide for Small Teams

Incident Commander Role: A Guide for Small Teams

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Validate Environment Variables in Lambda with Zod

Validate Environment Variables in Lambda with Zod

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Blameless postmortem: process, questions and template

Blameless postmortem: process, questions and template

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Lambda Powertools TypeScript: logs, metrics, traces

Lambda Powertools TypeScript: logs, metrics, traces

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Agent Package Manager: Keep Skills Updated with Dependabot

Agent Package Manager: Keep Skills Updated with Dependabot

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Reduce Lambda Cold Starts: A TypeScript Guide

Reduce Lambda Cold Starts: A TypeScript Guide

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pull_request_target blocked: fix workflows by Dec 2

pull_request_target blocked: fix workflows by Dec 2

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How to Run a Retrospective: Phases, Formats, Agenda

How to Run a Retrospective: Phases, Formats, Agenda

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Kafka share groups with Lambda: set up queue mode

Kafka share groups with Lambda: set up queue mode

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AGENTS.md setup: one file for Claude, Copilot and Codex

AGENTS.md setup: one file for Claude, Copilot and Codex

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Giving feedback to your manager: a guide for developers

Giving feedback to your manager: a guide for developers

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