--- title: Best Ezile Mdodana posts — August 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Ezile Mdodana posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/7vb9selrkhohgnzepmfvq/best-of/2026/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/7vb9selrkhohgnzepmfvq/best-of/2026/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Ezile Mdodana posts — August 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Ezile Mdodana posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Ezile Mdodana — August 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/day-11-30-serverless-does-not-mean-there-are-no-servers-u0xzdj5tr "Day 11/30: Serverless does not mean there are no servers") Article Ezile Mdodana · 5w Day 11/30: Serverless does not mean there are no servers Serverless doesn't eliminate servers — it delegates their management to AWS. AWS Lambda executes code on-demand without server provisioning, making it suitable for APIs, automation, event processing, and scheduled tasks. However, serverless is an architectural choice with tradeoffs, not a universal solution for every workload. 56 7 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/day-10-30-your-database-also-needs-a-babysitter-iwekiflf2 "Day 10/30: Your database also needs a babysitter") Article Ezile Mdodana · 5w Day 10/30: Your database also needs a babysitter Amazon RDS offloads many database operational burdens like server management, backups, patching, and availability. However, managed doesn't mean zero responsibility — developers still own schema design, access control, and data protection. The key benefit is freeing engineers from infrastructure babysitting so they can focus on actual database work like query optimization. 46 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/day-12-30-your-api-needs-a-receptionist-2qpjzq3rq "Day 12/30: Your API needs a receptionist") Article Ezile Mdodana · 5w Day 12/30: Your API needs a receptionist Amazon API Gateway serves as a controlled entry point for APIs, handling routing, authentication, throttling, and monitoring. Rather than allowing requests direct backend access, it acts as a gatekeeper that manages who can access what and enforces rate limits — making applications easier to manage and protect. 38 4 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/day-21-30-two-questions-every-business-should-answer-7uxajhosz "Day 21/30: Two questions every business should answer") Article Ezile Mdodana · 3w Day 21/30: Two questions every business should answer Two key business questions - acceptable downtime and acceptable data loss - form the basis for Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). These recovery requirements should be driven by actual business impact rather than aspirational answers like 'immediately' and 'nothing', since achieving near-zero RTO/RPO comes with real cost tradeoffs. 35 2 [See all Ezile Mdodana archives](/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ/best-of/2026/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ/best-of/2026/08","name":"Best Ezile Mdodana Posts — August 2026","description":"The most upvoted Ezile Mdodana posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ/best-of/2026/08#items","numberOfItems":4,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-11-30-serverless-does-not-mean-there-are-no-servers-u0xzdj5tr","name":"Day 11/30: Serverless does not mean there are no servers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-10-30-your-database-also-needs-a-babysitter-iwekiflf2","name":"Day 10/30: Your database also needs a babysitter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-12-30-your-api-needs-a-receptionist-2qpjzq3rq","name":"Day 12/30: Your API needs a receptionist"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-21-30-two-questions-every-business-should-answer-7uxajhosz","name":"Day 21/30: Two questions every business should answer"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ezile Mdodana","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2026"}]}]} ```