Serverless from the trenches 1: Protect your stack from deletion

Serverless from the Trenches is a series of blog posts that aims to highlight real-world problems faced by developers and DevOps teams when dealing with serverless, focusing on day-to-day issues such as deployment and stress-testing. The authors share their experience with protecting CloudFormation stacks from accidental deletion in production environments, highlighting the importance of adding an extra layer of protection beyond AWS-provided termination protection. They automate this process using a simple bash script that updates termination protection during the deployment process, making it easier to safeguard against accidental deletions and ensuring a safer environment for serverless applications.