Serverless is a word that only has meaning within the existing paradigms of web development. A "Server" is nothing more than a metaphor for a machine with stuff

Serverless is a word that only has meaning within the existing paradigms of web development. A "Server" is nothing more than a metaphor for a machine with stuff a "client" (another machine) can request. Everyone acts confused/amazed at what is essentially semantics for describing infinitely more complex systems. It's the same process with any buzzword. They're terms that are so all-encompassing that, yeah, every sensible, modern project operating in a related space could probably be described by them. Like horoscopes for engineering.