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Event-Driven Architecture on AWS

Queues, event buses, pipes and schedulers: decoupling a platform with AWS managed services.

3 parts · 11 min total reading
  1. 1
    ArchitectureSQSAWSasync

    Queue Everything: How SQS-Based Architecture Improved Our API Response Times

    The most impactful architectural decision in our replatforming wasn't the language choice or infrastructure. It was systematically moving everything non-critical out of the synchronous request path and into SQS queues.

    20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
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  2. 2
    ArchitectureEventBridgeEventBridge PipesEventBridge Scheduler

    EventBridge Pipes and Scheduler: Deleting the Glue Lambdas

    Every serverless codebase accumulates small Lambdas whose only job is to move data from A to B or run something on a timer. EventBridge Pipes and EventBridge Scheduler replace most of them with configuration. Here's where each fits and what to watch.

    17 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
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  3. 3
    ArchitectureEventBridgeSNSSQS

    EventBridge vs SNS: When to Use Which (and When to Use Both)

    EventBridge and SNS both deliver a message to multiple subscribers, so teams often treat them as interchangeable. They aren't. One is a high-throughput notification pipe; the other is an event router with rules, schemas and third-party integrations. Here's how I choose.

    1 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
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