Exit AWS: Building Serverless Apps

Hands-on workshop on building a serverless app with a decentralized database so your app is never hit with a Cloudflare outage again.

What You'll Build

Deploy a simple micro-app that uses Arkiv, a decentralized database. Learn about data sovereignty, walkaway tests, and building applications that survive their creators.

  • Read and write data to Arkiv
  • Verify your data on the blockchain explorer
  • Experience the walkaway test. Data persists independently
  • Build an app that passes the walkaway test

Topics Covered

  • Data sovereignty and user-controlled data
  • Decentralized databases and their tradeoffs
  • Full stack Web3 applications that pass the walkaway test
  • Using Arkiv to replace traditional app servers for many use cases

🤖 AI-Assisted Path

Use AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Claude) to help you build. Copy-paste prompts provided.

✋ Manual Path

Follow step-by-step instructions. No AI needed.

Prerequisites

No technical experience required. You can "vibe" or do it by hand. We provide materials for you and your agents to deploy your own application within the hour.

  • ✅ Node.js (v18+)
  • ✅ Git
  • ✅ Code editor
  • ✅ AI agent (optional. We recommend Cursor)

Outcome: Each participant deploys a simple micro-app. Learn about decentralized data by building your own dapp.

Please bring your own tools and experience with building Web3 applications to share as well. Go far, go together.

This tutorial website was built for the Exit AWS: Building Serverless Apps workshop. However, we hope that it passes the walkaway test itself.

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