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Because it's not server-less. There is still a server running the code, you just don't control it. Claiming "it just means I don't have to worry about it" mea

Because it's not server-less. There is still a server running the code, you just don't control it. Claiming "it just means I don't have to worry about it" means that classic shared web hosting with shockingly outdated versions of php and perl are "serverless" too.

dominotw 8y ago
> There is still a server running the code Is there anyone who really thinks that there is no server anywhere. I find this complaint really odd. Your complaint can be applied to FAAS too, don't all webserver execute functions? What else would they be serving.
- stephenr 8y ago
  Non technical people? If you want to dismiss the literal issue, that means the name is meaningless. It might as well be called Daffy Duck.
  - _II__II_ 8y ago
    I agree with you, but if the point is to help non technical people I'm not sure Functions as a Service is any better.
    - icebraining 8y ago
      At least it's clear that it depends on a service, with all that entails.
    - stephenr 8y ago
      "X as a Service" is a common enough term that someone is more likely to have heard it before, and it accurately describes what it is (if the X is accurate). "Serverless" is deliberately wrong and misleading. One of those stupid "entire website in a page" would be a better fit for "server less" because technically the logic is all client side.
- jasonlotito 8y ago
  And wires are still involved with wireless networking, but people are somehow more forgiving of that. People are just being pedantic for no good reason.
  - aikah 8y ago
    > And wires are still involved with wireless networking, but people are somehow more forgiving of that. not between 2 wireless endpoints, there are no wires. Between you and what you call "serveless" there is a server you need to query to get the result of whatever program you executed remotely. There is no wire between my router and my laptop.
    - jasonlotito 8y ago
      Pedantic and useless. Thanks for proving my point.
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- millstone 8y ago
  There are many apps that have "no server anywhere." For example I have a purely offline chess app. This chess app is not "serverless", because it does not use any FAAS interfaces. It's absurd that such an app is not considered serverless precisely because it doesn't actually use a server.

dominotw 8y ago

> There is still a server running the code Is there anyone who really thinks that there is no server anywhere. I find this complaint really odd. Your complaint can be applied to FAAS too, don't all webserver execute functions? What else would they be serving.

stephenr 8y ago
Non technical people? If you want to dismiss the literal issue, that means the name is meaningless. It might as well be called Daffy Duck.
- _II__II_ 8y ago
  I agree with you, but if the point is to help non technical people I'm not sure Functions as a Service is any better.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    At least it's clear that it depends on a service, with all that entails.
  - stephenr 8y ago
    "X as a Service" is a common enough term that someone is more likely to have heard it before, and it accurately describes what it is (if the X is accurate). "Serverless" is deliberately wrong and misleading. One of those stupid "entire website in a page" would be a better fit for "server less" because technically the logic is all client side.
jasonlotito 8y ago
And wires are still involved with wireless networking, but people are somehow more forgiving of that. People are just being pedantic for no good reason.
- aikah 8y ago
  > And wires are still involved with wireless networking, but people are somehow more forgiving of that. not between 2 wireless endpoints, there are no wires. Between you and what you call "serveless" there is a server you need to query to get the result of whatever program you executed remotely. There is no wire between my router and my laptop.
  - jasonlotito 8y ago
    Pedantic and useless. Thanks for proving my point.
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millstone 8y ago
There are many apps that have "no server anywhere." For example I have a purely offline chess app. This chess app is not "serverless", because it does not use any FAAS interfaces. It's absurd that such an app is not considered serverless precisely because it doesn't actually use a server.