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Weekend RoundUp: $3,500 for Idle Lambda Time? Vercel Finds a Hack

Vercel claims it cut AWS Lambda costs by 95%

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Divine Odazie
August 01, 2025

Hey there,

Happy Friday🥳!

We know you’re just as excited for the weekend as we are, so we’ve put together a curated reading list for you, plus upcoming events.

📰Top Picks:

Kubernetes v1.34 Is Coming
No deprecations this time, just a bunch of thoughtful tweaks. v1.34 brings stable tracing to the kubelet and API server. DRA makes GPUs and other resources easier to claim. There’s even a YAML spinoff (KYAML) that tries to fix YAML without making you learn something new. Read here

I Know When You’re Vibe Coding
One dev’s had enough of LLM-generated code that technically works but doesn’t belong. They unpack the eerie signs of AI-written code that ignores team conventions and project context. A top pick this week on why caring about how code fits in matters more than ever. Read here.

$3,500 for Doing Nothing?
Turns out, AWS Lambda loves charging you to wait. Vercel accidentally discovered a fix. Now they reuse idle functions instead of racking up costs while your code chills, waiting on a slow DB or LLM. They call it Fluid Compute. You’ll call it a lifesaver. Read here.

Weighing In, Literally
Someone turned a MacBook trackpad into a digital scale, because why not? TrackWeight uses Force Touch sensors to measure small objects It’s a clever hack built on top of a multitouch library that taps into private macOS APIs, and yes, finger contact is required. Check it out here.

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Is DevOps Dead?

🎧 Your Friday listen: Darin and Viktor dig into platform engineering, what (if anything) sets it apart, and what it all means for the future of software teams.

open.spotify.com/episode/1ft3o5jao2sWzCXSrVSpSS?si=daba38c97b2f46aa

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Have a restful weekend!

Divine Odazie
Founder of EverythingDevOps