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So it's like code-only shared hosting, billed by CPU-time rather than wall-time, and with a load balancer in front.
by magicalhippo 2y ago
So it's like code-only shared hosting, billed by CPU-time rather than wall-time, and with a load balancer in front.
- afavour 2y agoAnd it scales to multiple servers to accommodate traffic without your input. But essentially, yes. Not to sound uncharitable but I’m confused by statements like the OPs who profess to not understanding what Lambda is… it’s not actually that complex!
- jimbokun 2y agoDidn't know enough about it to know whether I should care enough about it to investigate more.
- salawat 2y agoAnd mind the opportunity cost: You never learn how to set such a thing up yourself; and AWS runs off to the bank. Where you could have had an asset, (frequently a good idea), that you can do something with. Remember, the innovation of cloud was to add a payment, IAM, and config layer on top of basic compute tasks.