Here's a good article on the topic from a few years ago: https://thenewstack.io/continuum-containers-unikernels-serverless-architectures/ https://thenewstack.io

Here's a good article on the topic from a few years ago: https://thenewstack.io/continuum-containers-unikernels-serverless-architectures/ https://thenewstack.io/continuum-containers-unikernels-serve.... The most concrete definition of serverless I can find relates to platforms that do not provision machines that you pay for but instead serverless environments abstract away the machine and you only pay for the resources your applications uses. That definition does not exclude uni-kernels in the least. The reason why Unikernels are good for this is because they are a way to ensure that your application is housed in a way that guarantees it will run without much thought given to the concerns the article states - and with an absolute minimum of overhead. I wouldn't be surprised if serverless is or will be implemented with unikernels. https://medium.com/solo-io/unik-is-here-to-help-bring-aws-firecracker-to-serverless-apps-1250d120997d https://medium.com/solo-io/unik-is-here-to-help-bring-aws-fi...