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> I guess the term “Serverless” is pretty ambiguous, (...) I don't this is the case though. The core principle of serverless computing is that a cloud provide
by chipdart 2y ago
> I guess the term “Serverless” is pretty ambiguous, (...)
I don't this is the case though.
The core principle of serverless computing is that a cloud provider supplies a managed service and scales computational resources allocated to the service to meet it's computational needs.
This "serverless postgres" meets none of the items in the definition.
You mentioned AWS Lambdas. AWS allocates all computational resources when a function is invoked.
Let's face it: this was an attempt to abuse a buzzword.
- biorach 2y agoI think you're being unduly harsh. The term "serverless" is broad enough that it's use here is fine.
- mrkurt 2y agoFly machines allocate all the computation resources when a TCP connection is established. I feel like this is the same?
- inhumantsar 2y agoconsidering that this is an experimental hack, I don't think it's reasonable to get this hung up on semantics or to throw accusations. especially over a term as close to meaningless as this. it scales to zero and manages its own computer resources, that's a lot closer than a lot of "serverless" products ever get