Company
Date Published
Author
Joe Duffy
Word count
3044
Language
English
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None

Summary

Pulumi enables developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud resources using familiar programming languages, offering a seamless integration of application and infrastructure code, particularly in serverless computing. By leveraging general-purpose languages, Pulumi allows developers to wire event handlers to resources as part of event-driven programming, exemplified through a simple serverless app that processes TPS reports using AWS and TypeScript. Pulumi's approach offers flexibility, allowing teams to manage event sources and handlers within a single CLI, facilitating easy updates with minimal downtime. The platform supports various coding styles, from inline "magic functions" to traditional separation of application logic and infrastructure definitions, catering to diverse team workflows and languages. Pulumi's infrastructure as code capabilities allow for efficient resource provisioning, management, and versioning, with the ability to integrate existing resources and functions without full provisioning, making it adaptable to incremental adoption and collaboration among teams. Pulumi also supports a wide range of AWS event handlers, enhancing its utility in serverless architecture.