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The term "Serverless" means that you don't manage the servers, neither hardware nor virtual machines. Instead, you use exclusively AWS lambda and/or similar ser
by vog 10y ago
The term "Serverless" means that you don't manage the servers, neither hardware nor virtual machines. Instead, you use exclusively AWS lambda and/or similar services.
I find that term confusing, too, but it seems to be well-established by now, so we have to live with that.
See also: http://martinfowler.com/articles/serverless.html http://martinfowler.com/articles/serverless.html
- g_delgado14 10y agoDoesn't necessarily have to be through AWS. In fact, the Serverless Framework folks are working hard to make their framework suitable for other serverless service providers.
- vog 10y ago> Doesn't necessarily have to be through AWS Please refrain from strawman arguments. I wrote "AWS lambda and/or similar services". In the Fowler article, you find a nice classification of these services: - BaaS (Backend as a Service) - FaaS (Funciton as a Service)
- g_delgado14 10y agoSorry :P read "exclusively AWS", and stopped reading!