I'm not sure about obsessed but at the very least Lambda can be much cheaper than a full host for occasional, but heavy tasks, and it takes care of the associat

I'm not sure about obsessed but at the very least Lambda can be much cheaper than a full host for occasional, but heavy tasks, and it takes care of the associated administration for you. Basically, in some situations, serverless can be more efficient with everyone's hardware and money, which seems like a win.