ASK HN: I am writing a book on Serverless Architectures (https://www.manning.com/books/serverless-architectures-on-aws?a_aid=serverless-architectures-on-aws&a_bid=145280de). It's going well but I want it to be the best book of its kind.<p>I need your collective wisdom HN. What kind of topics should it cover? What do you want to see in this book? And, what would make you recommend it to a friend?
I stopped buying technology books years ago because—too often—they focused on the latest and greatest ("covers the latest .NET Framework, updated for v1.1!"), and therefore are rendered obsolete within months.<p>Write about the "why's" instead. In other words, try to answer the big picture questions about serverless architectures without getting bogged down in the minutiae of what is state of the art in early 2016. Try to picture what someone in the year 2018 or 2020 would want to know about them, and write about that.
Success stories sell. Imagine the book as a meet-up where 2 dozen of the world's leading practitioners are all comparing notes, sharing breakthroughs, & thoughts on best practices.<p>My hunch is that collecting the stories from several individuals will yield some tremendously interesting ideas.