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Yeah, the whole serverless makes no sense. There is a server running probably in a container handling your code. Who came up with this weird name?

• CharlesW 9y ago
  > Who came up with this weird name? Amazon popularized it, but Ken Fromm's use is the earliest mention I've been able to find (from 2012): http://readwrite.com/2012/10/15/why-the-future-of-software-and-apps-is-serverless/ http://readwrite.com/2012/10/15/why-the-future-of-software-a...
  • usaar333 9y ago
    We were using the term serverless at PiCloud since 2010. Source: memory and https://www.techcrunch.com/2010/07/19/picloud-launches-serverless-computing-platform-to-the-public https://www.techcrunch.com/2010/07/19/picloud-launches-serve...
    • tluyben2 9y ago
      I was discussing a project with a potential client ( I think they were called Threeships ) who used ActiveX and a lot of investment to create full p2p software and indeed serverless. Horrible tech that time but yes, that could be considered serverless; if there is a server (as in one physical or virtual machine handling multiple client software execution requests) it is not serverless. It is quite possible to let every client run their own request theoretically so you can make serverless but amazon is not.