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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless_computing

• TylerE 3y ago
  The first sentence in your link includes "in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand, taking care of the servers". = There is NO SUCH THING as serverless. There are always servers.
  • robertlagrant 3y ago
    Serverless doesn't mean servers don't exist, any more than calling a radio a "wireless" doesn't mean wires don't exist. It just means for the consumer, servers aren't a consideration, just as with a wireless wires aren't.
    • growse 3y ago
      The irony is that many things that are advertised as wireless actually need wires, and things that aren't, don't. My wireless printer needs a wire for power. My dog doesn't need a wire for anything, but no-one talks about them being 'wireless'. (Come to think of it, my dog is serverless too...)
      • robertlagrant 3y ago
        > My dog doesn't need a wire for anything, but no-one talks about them being 'wireless'. Indeed :-) But isn't this the same sort of definition you want for "serverless"? Not something relevant to consumers (e.g. "you don't manage servers") but a description of something where servers are not involved in any way?
  • brokenbyclouds 3y ago
    Dear God this is a tired point. The rest of the damn paragraph of the Wikipedia article fully addresses that. Nobody who uses the term "serverless" thinks that magic fairies are replacing servers. The point is who is managing it for your application or business.