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5 Serverless Architecture Patterns You Should Stop Using (And What to Do Instead)

Ran Isenberg
8 min readFeb 10, 2025

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Just don’t

In this opinionated post, I’ll share five Serverless patterns that I no longer use and explain why. You’ll also discover the Serverless best practices that have replaced them, helping you build more efficient and scalable Serverless applications.

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This blog post was originally published on my website, “Ran The Builder.”

AWS Serverless Architecture Patterns — So Many Options

The beauty of AWS Architectures and Serverless, in particular, is that, in most cases, multiple solutions exist for the same problem, each with its pros and cons.

Over the years, as I gained more development and design experience, my preferred architecture patterns evolved. I experienced serverless production challenges and realized that we all make mistakes and that changing your opinion is more than okay.

Let’s review five patterns that I used in the past but don’t use anymore. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them; you should open your eyes to their limitations or issues.

Number One: API Gateway…

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Ran Isenberg
Ran Isenberg

Written by Ran Isenberg

AWS Serverless Hero | Principal Software Architect | ranthebuilder.cloud

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