What nobody tells you about serverless - the traps that lead to data loss, duplication, and unpredictable behavior

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Serverless development on AWS contains numerous pitfalls that can cause silent data loss, duplication, and unpredictable behavior. DynamoDB has gotchas leading to data loss and misleading results. Event-driven architectures suffer from misconfigured queues, dead-letter queues, and misunderstood EventBridge behaviors. Common serverless design patterns can cause event duplication, out-of-order processing, and data inconsistency. The session shares real-world failures and practical advice for building resilient serverless systems.

How to Lose Data Using AWS Serverless Without Even Knowing It