Amazon services that transform Kinesis data

In this section, we are going to learn about how to use EventBridge to add additional capabilities that aren't present in Kinesis. We will use EventBridge to help us add rule-based routing to our SwipeBike solution.

Routing events with EventBridge

One of the coolest things about AWS services is that they are building blocks. We like to think of AWS services as a set of microservices that enable us to build rapidly, or prototype, working applications. The downside is that with such a large number of services at our disposal, there is an overlap between those services, and often, analysis-paralysis can set in when we have to select a service to use.

Two-way door

The most significant advantage of the cloud is that it doesn't punish us for making a mistake when selecting a service; it's pretty forgiving. Two-way door decisions imply that if we pick the wrong door, we can quickly walk back and go through another door...