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title: "Yan Cui (@theburningmonk) | Hashnode"
description: "AWS serverless hero | consultant | speaker | trainer. Read the latest articles by Yan Cui on Hashnode."
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# Yan Cui

@theburningmonk · Amsterdam, NL · Joined October 2019

AWS serverless hero | consultant | speaker | trainer

[Website](https://theburningmonk.com/)

### [Common Node.js mistakes in Lambda](https://theburningmonk.hashnode.dev/common-nodejs-mistakes-in-lambda?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I have helped quite a few clients with their Node.js serverless projects. In doing so I have seen some recurring mistakes around async/await. Still using callbacks Many people are still using the callbacks in their async handler functions: module.exp...

[theburningmonk.hashnode.dev](https://theburningmonk.hashnode.dev/common-nodejs-mistakes-in-lambda?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 31, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-nodejs-mistakes-in-lambda/5dba26073e191a79566dbffc)

### [My advice to junior developers](https://theburningmonk.hashnode.dev/my-advice-to-junior-developers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A client emailed me a while back and asked what advice I’d give to someone just starting out on their career. As I began to write my reply, I realised that everything that popped to my mind was generic recitals that you can find after 10s of googling...

[theburningmonk.hashnode.dev](https://theburningmonk.hashnode.dev/my-advice-to-junior-developers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[2](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-advice-to-junior-developers/5dba246c776cc77856f58de5) [Oct 31, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-advice-to-junior-developers/5dba246c776cc77856f58de5)