# The Evolution of Our AWS Architecture: SQS, Step Functions, and SST

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Podcast: [The Business Compass LLC Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-compass-llc-podcasts-7078188)
Published: 2026-06-22T04:10:24+00:00
Episode link: https://podcast.businesscompassllc.com/e/the-evolution-of-our-aws-architecture-sqs-step-functions-and-sst/
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## Resource

If you’re running a serverless app on AWS and starting to feel the cracks in your original setup, this one’s for you. We’ve been there — duct-taped Lambda functions, brittle pipelines, and deployments that felt like defusing a bomb. So we did something about it.

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