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Serverless Craic from The Serverless Edge

Serverless Craic from the Serverless Edge

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2 weeks ago

Send us a text How to Build a Problem Prevention Culture (AWS Well-Architected Explained) Stop firefighting — start preventing problems. In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly explore how engineering teams can create a problem prevention culture using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. They unpack lessons from Chapter 17 of The Value Flywheel Effect, showing how high-performing cloud teams use SCORP reviews (Security, Cost, Operational Resilien...

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Send us a text How to Build a Problem Prevention Culture (AWS Well-Architected Explained) Stop firefighting — start preventing problems. In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly explore how engineering teams can create a problem prevention culture using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. They unpack lessons from Chapter 17 of The Value Flywheel Effect, showing how high-performing cloud teams use SCORP reviews (Security, Cost, Operational Resilien...

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Serverless Craic Ep75 How to Build a Problem Prevention Culture (AWS Well-Architected Explained)

Send us a text How to Build a Problem Prevention Culture (AWS Well-Architected Explained) Stop firefighting — start preventing problems. In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly explore how engineering teams can create a problem prevention culture using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. They unpack lessons from Chapter 17 of The Value Flywheel Effect, showing how high-performing cloud teams use SCORP reviews (Security, Cost, Operational Resilien...

2 weeks ago

26 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep74 AWS Community Summit & Cloud Day 2025 | Serverless, AI & Bedrock AgentCore

Send us a text In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly share key takeaways from two major events — AWS Community Summit Manchester 2025 and AWS Cloud Day Dublin 2025. From psychological safety in engineering teams to serverless adoption patterns, event-driven architecture, and the rise of AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, the discussion highlights what’s shaping cloud-native development today. If you’re a software engineer, cloud architec...

1 month ago

22 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep73 Liberty Mutual’s Cloud Journey to Serverless

Send us a text In this episode Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly revisit their time at Liberty Mutual, exploring how one of the world’s largest insurers transformed from legacy systems and SOA to cloud-native architectures and serverless-first strategies. Discover how Wardley Mapping, empowered engineering teams, and a strong cultural foundation enabled Liberty Mutual to modernise at scale and deliver business value faster. We cover: Moving from mainframes and monoliths to m...

1 month ago

27 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep72 Map Your Tech Stack | Evolutionary Architecture & The Value Flywheel Effect

Send us a text In this episode of Serverless Craic, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly explore Chapter 15 of The Value Flywheel Effect — Map Your Solution. They discuss how Wardley Mapping and tech stack mapping create situational awareness, reduce friction between teams, and guide better architectural decisions. If you’re a software engineer, architect, or tech leader aiming to evolve your systems with serverless and cloud-native thinking, this conversation shows practical tec...

2 months ago

19 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep71 AI, DevOps & Serverless: Building Frictionless Developer Experience

Send us a text In this episode, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly dive deep into The Value Flywheel Effect (Chapter 14) — discussing frictionless developer experience, sense checking, feedback culture, AI in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, and marginal gain. We explore how AI and LLMs are shaping engineering practices, the importance of psychological safety, continuous improvement, and why code is always a liability. If you’re interested in serverless, DevO...

2 months ago

29 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep70 Frictionless Developer Experience in the Age of AI

Send us a text In this episode Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly continue their deep dive tackling Chapter 14: The Frictionless Developer Experience. The crew explore whether the principles of engineering excellence, developer enablement, and team topologies still stand strong in a world increasingly powered by AI and agentic systems. From **managing cognitive load** to **code as a liability**, they unpack how AI changes (and doesn’t change) the fundamentals of building high-q...

2 months ago

31 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep69 Serverless myths debunked for modern cloud teams

Send us a text Serverless myths debunked for modern cloud teams: In this episode, we dive into the second part of Chapter 13 The Serverless First Edge from The Value Flywheel Effect book. We explore common serverless myths, how relevant they still are in 2025, and what’s changed since the early days of serverless adoption. From cold starts and testing challenges to cloud lock-in and the rise of AI, we reflect on the evolution of the landscape — and the mindset shifts still needed across engi...

2 months ago

33 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep68 The Serverless First Edge

Send us a text Serverless First: Focus, Not Functionality In this episode, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann and Michael O’Reilly dive into Chapter 13 of the Value Flywheel Effect—focusing on the concept of “Serverless First” and what it really means for engineering teams and product leaders today. 🔍 Topics include: Why code is a liability and how to identify what to build—and more importantly, what not to. Embracing a frictionless developer experience to enable speed and innovation. The shift fro...

3 months ago

23 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep67 Workgrid Case Study

Send us a text 🎙️ Serverless Craic: Chapter 12 – The Workgrid Case Study In this episode, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly dive deep into Chapter 12 of The Value Flywheel Effect — the Workgrid case study. This episode explores the early days of Workgrid, a startup founded in 2017 with Gillian McCann. As one of the first companies to adopt a “serverless-first” philosophy, Workgrid’s journey offers valuable lessons in building modern digital employee experiences under real-wor...

4 months ago

20 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep66 Map your Org Capability

Send us a text Mapping Your Org Capability | Chapter 11 Breakdown of The Value Flywheel Effect In this episode, Dave Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O’Reilly dive into Chapter 11 of The Value Flywheel Effect — "Map Your Organisational Capability". We unpack how to use mapping techniques, such as Wardley Mapping, to assess and visualise your organisation’s capabilities across areas like security, cloud-native development, and emerging tech like GenAI. The discussion covers: 🔹 Why individ...

4 months ago

15 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep65 SocialTechnical System for Change

Send us a text 🎙️ Serverless Craic: Exploring Socio-Technical Systems for Change Welcome back to Serverless Craic! In this episode, the team dives into Chapter 10: Challenge – A Socio-Technical System for Change from the book, The Value Flywheel Effect. This thought-provoking conversation unpacks how organisations can effectively bridge the gap between people and technology to foster meaningful, sustainable change. 🔍 Topics Covered: What makes socio-technical change so difficult The import...

4 months ago

21 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep64 Environment for Success

Send us a text 🎙️ Environment for Success & Psychological Safety Welcome back to another episode of Serverless Craic! After a short hiatus (thanks, ServerlessDays Belfast!), Dave Anderson and Mark McCann return to dive deep into one of the most critical – and timely – topics in modern software delivery: creating the right Environment for Success. In this episode, we unpack Chapter 9 from The Value Flywheel Effect and explore the fundamentals that enable high-performing teams, including: ...

4 months ago

22 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep63 Map the Market and A Cloud Guru Case Study

Send us a textIn this episode of Serverless Craic, Map the Market and A Cloud Guru Case Study, we dive into Chapters 7 and 8 of the book The Value Flywheel Effect. The discussion focuses on "Mapping the Market" and a fascinating case study on clarity of purpose, featuring the story of A Cloud Guru.Discover how mapping the value chain helps companies identify their place in the market, understand competitors, and predict strategic moves. Learn about the transformative impact of a laser-focused...

11 months ago

14 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep62 Obsess Over Time To Value

Send us a textWelcome to the latest episode of Serverless Craic! 🎙️ Today, we're diving back into our series on The Value Flywheel Effect, focusing on Chapter 6: "Obsess Over Time to Value." Join us as we explore the significance of delivering value quickly and efficiently in tech organisations. We discuss the concept of "Time to Value" over "Time to Market," reflecting on how innovation labs and agile structures can help companies pivot, react, and respond to both threats and opportunit...

11 months ago

13 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep61 Finding your North Star

Send us a textThis episode centres on Chapter Five of the book "The Value Flywheel Effect," focusing on the North Star framework. We explain how this framework helps teams align their work with a clear, meaningful metric (North Star) and its related leading and lagging metrics. North Star Framework OverviewWe explain the North Star framework, emphasising its use in helping teams coalesce behind a mission or purpose with a visual, collaborative tool. And the importance of leading metrics...

1 year ago

12 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep60 Mapping Techniques

Send us a textIn this insightful discussion, we explore mapping techniques from Chapter 3 of our book The Value Flywheel Effect and their applications in organisations. Key topics include:Anatomy of a Worldly Map: Breaking down the components of a map, including visible, aware, and invisible items in the value chain.Mapping Teams and Tech Stacks: How mapping helps in identifying team roles and modernising technology stacks.Starting with Maps and Collaboration: Tips for overcoming the blank ca...

1 year ago

23 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep59 How to Wardley Map

Send us a textWardley mapping is a strategic tool to visualise the evolution of products or services. The two axes of a Wardley Map are visibility and evolutionary stage. Products and technologies evolve through four stages: Genesis, Custom build, Product or rental, and Commodity or utility. Understanding context and phase of adoption is crucial in the business world, especially with AI and LLMs. Identifying and moving commodities versus custom-built solutions is...

1 year ago

23 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep58 The Value Flywheel Effect Chapter 2.2 Wardley Mapping

Send us a textWe discuss facilitating effective collaborative mapping workshops and creating Wardley maps for strategic planning in businesses. We look at the importance of creating a safe environment, effective facilitation techniques, and involving all stakeholders in the mapping process. We also highlight the benefits of embracing diversity and respecting different opinions. And we share various approaches to creating and utilising Wardley maps, including Miro and Lucid, and learning more ...

1 year ago

23 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep57 The Value Flywheel Effect Chapter 2 Wardley Mapping

Send us a textDave, Michael, and Mark discussed the application of Wardley Mapping in understanding movement and making strategic decisions. They share their experiences with the method, emphasising its ability to visualise and track changes in tech stacks and capabilities. They also discussed the importance of context, user needs, and facilitating meaningful conversations through mapping. Additionally, they highlighted the benefits of mapping for challenging each other's thinking a...

1 year ago

21 minutes

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Serverless Craic Ep56 The Value Flywheel Effect Introduction - Chapter 1

Send us a textThe Value Flywheel Effect is a pattern seen in organisations where business strategy and technology strategy align, leading to more sales and growth.The hosts discuss the concept of the value flywheel effect, its origins, and how it applies to creating software for customers.Dave Anderson and Mark McCann discuss the four phases of the value flywheel process, with three principles for each phase, aimed at building momentum and sustainability in organizations and teams.Clarity of ...

1 year ago

29 minutes