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This applies to virtually every technology in existence. I've never had to explain what Serverless means to another engineer, only people, like management, who
by movedx 8y ago
This applies to virtually every technology in existence. I've never had to explain what Serverless means to another engineer, only people, like management, who tend to be non-technical :)
- ta1234567890 8y agoSure, you could also argue the same about all the words in the dictionary, because at some point everyone had to learn what the words they are using mean. However, "serverless" is pretty much the only concept (please post more examples if you know of any), which is used to talk about something that is not the literal meaning of the word (it's etymology). The word "serverless" literally means "without server", but it's being used to mean something that requires a server. It's almost as if ethernet connections had been branded/marketed as "wireless".
- bitwize 8y agoI didn't know what it meant until I read blog posts about it, and I'm technical. Now I do know, and I regret it. This usage of "serverless" is like something from The Book (the one in Anathem, not Erdős's book). A piece of wrong data that's wrong but you nevertheless have to hold onto it, throwing everything else in your brain somewhat out of alignment. Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad...