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What are functions in this context? How, for example, are they different from other kinds of computation, like database aggregation quieries?
by throwaway3672 3y ago
What are functions in this context? How, for example, are they different from other kinds of computation, like database aggregation quieries?
- frfl 3y agoThis maybe useful reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_as_a_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_as_a_service
- weberer 3y agoThey are arbitrary Python functions (or whatever other language you want to use). Serverless platforms let developers deploy simple functions without having to provision a VPS and all the stuff that comes with it (operating system, networking, etc). You get charged by the millisecond as the function runs.