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It's less of CGI (some projects only support that) Think of it like FastCGI where most of the issues with CGI are fixed up (i.e. throughput isn't an issue) and
by alexellisuk 9y ago
It's less of CGI (some projects only support that) Think of it like FastCGI where most of the issues with CGI are fixed up (i.e. throughput isn't an issue) and then combine that with containerisation features from Kubernetes etc to make packaging easier (again not all projects use a Docker image format).
If you're wondering whether Serverless is catching on then see also: AWS Lambda.
- anewhnaccount2 9y agoBut isn't "serverless" fundamentally a restart-the-world model, which would make it more like CGI than FastCGI which is a application server type model which isn't fundamentally that different to putting a reverse proxy in front of a HTTP speaking application server?
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- ryanworl 9y agoNo. In AWS Lambda at least, the container your application runs in lives through multiple requests until some period of inactivity passes and it is shut down. It isn’t “running” in the sense that your code is in control, but long-lived things like database connections do not need to be re-established on every request.