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It's not serverless if you use Amazon; it's just that you're using Amazon's servers. There is hardware, and there is the signal, and then there is a chain of so
by javajosh 11y ago
It's not serverless if you use Amazon; it's just that you're using Amazon's servers. There is hardware, and there is the signal, and then there is a chain of software between the two. That is all there is in computing, and all there ever will be.
- slyall 11y agoYou don't understand, It's Serverless all the way down..
- oaktowner 11y agoI think what he's getting at is that he gets backend functionality without ever deploying and managing instances himself (similar to what App Engine offers). You just deploy your code, and Amazon automagically handles scaling, etc.
- matthewrudy 11y agoI think it's the pay-on-demand bit that is crucial. Heroku is fine for that, but they spin your instances down, so the first request may well time out.