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Lambda et al have some serious shortcoming and a lot more work needs to be put into these serverless platforms. The approach they're taking I don't think will l

Lambda et al have some serious shortcoming and a lot more work needs to be put into these serverless platforms. The approach they're taking I don't think will last. It really needs a redesign/restructure. I think serverless is the future... but not today.. in 5-10 years. That sounds like a long way off, but it's not.. it'll pass in no time. And maybe they'll improve it enough by then to make it viable. I wouldn't build anything serious with it, unless you're ok rewriting it a few years from now.

tucaz 8y ago
Lot's of empty claims. > some serious shortcoming and a lot more work needs to be put into these serverless platforms Not actionable at all > The approach they're taking I don't think will last No reason given > It really needs a redesign/restructure Nothing here too > And maybe they'll improve it enough by then to make it viable What makes it (un)viable?
- rgbrenner 8y ago
  That's fair. I'm the founder of a company building a serverless platform. I didn't want to write specifics because it may reveal details about our approach.
  - pedalpete 8y ago
    Isn't this a great opportunity to sell us on your solution, or get our feedback? You don't need to reveal details of your approach, but what are the actual problems you see? As a company that has built our most recent site completely on serverless, we've become familiar with some of the issues. Though I definitely would not consider it a no-go.
  - juli1pb 8y ago
    Sounds even more fishy
  - maldeh 8y ago
    That sounds like a very pertinent thing to disclose when offering a critique of a competitor, particularly when you're not able to substantiate (for legitimate reason or otherwise)
  - nihil75 8y ago
    In that case you might wanna take another look at the answers here. Notice how they all use Amazon Lambda? If you intend to compete with them - you might wanna reconsider.

tucaz 8y ago

Lot's of empty claims. > some serious shortcoming and a lot more work needs to be put into these serverless platforms Not actionable at all > The approach they're taking I don't think will last No reason given > It really needs a redesign/restructure Nothing here too > And maybe they'll improve it enough by then to make it viable What makes it (un)viable?

rgbrenner 8y ago
That's fair. I'm the founder of a company building a serverless platform. I didn't want to write specifics because it may reveal details about our approach.
- pedalpete 8y ago
  Isn't this a great opportunity to sell us on your solution, or get our feedback? You don't need to reveal details of your approach, but what are the actual problems you see? As a company that has built our most recent site completely on serverless, we've become familiar with some of the issues. Though I definitely would not consider it a no-go.
- juli1pb 8y ago
  Sounds even more fishy
- maldeh 8y ago
  That sounds like a very pertinent thing to disclose when offering a critique of a competitor, particularly when you're not able to substantiate (for legitimate reason or otherwise)
- nihil75 8y ago
  In that case you might wanna take another look at the answers here. Notice how they all use Amazon Lambda? If you intend to compete with them - you might wanna reconsider.