Serverless runs on servers

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Yes but the biggest benefit of serverless compute is not having to maintain a server and only maintaining your code.

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All I'm hearing is that it still runs on servers

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I'd like to take the stance that: If you can't manage your own data, don't start a business. But that seems like a shaky foundation to plant a flag, so I will instead say, "I hate Oracle."

Suzune

If they cannot manage their own infrastructure, they also don't know what infrastructure is needed for their services. And they won't even have the opportunity to learn anymore.

Secondly, if you buy external services, you need to consider improving connectivity.

I mean, you can still work on your on-premises servers, if your internet connection fails. You cannot, if you outsourced essentials parts.

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I still think it should be called server-transparent instead of serverless. Makes it a little clearer.

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The amount of ACKTUALLYs in this thread....

OpenStars

Wouldn't it be server-opaque though, bc they don't see the server details?

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This is what happens when a technical field gets infiltrated by business bros. Remember how openai was talking about AGI helping humanity or smth? Their definition of AGI was leaked recently, its "making $100 billion profit".

That's it, thats what will help humanity achieve its true potential, by openai making $100b in profits.

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In computer science, “transparent” means that you don’t see something, i.e. internals are hidden. Like you don’t see glass.

prole

That’s it, thats what will help humanity achieve its true potential, by openai making $100b in profits.

Yay capitalism! We did it!

prole

Yeah, like the others said, it's bullshit MBA speak meant entirely for PR.

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It just means that they're not your servers.

Farid

I think the "Cat Looks Inside" meme would've been more appropriate, because the "# Let's See Who This Really Is" (a.k.a. "Scooby Doo Reveal") meme is more about revealing something that is actually different, while the CLI one is sarcastic. Like "Wireless device. Look inside. Wires" isn't revealing anything serious but makes fun of the misleading nomenclature. A good SDR example would be pulling the mask off a KKK member to reveal a cop, while they are supposed to be on the opposite sides, they are one and the same.
On the meme spectrum, SDR sits somewhere in between CLI and "They are the Same Picture".

Thank you for not coming to me MemTalk.

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MySQL: you set it up, if the server fails, you have to fix it. You set up replication, replication fails, you have to fix it. It's your alarms, you get up at 2:00 a.m., you set up backups. You deal with IP changes. You deal with your two+ boxes and their patches. Those servers are your responsibility. If their hypervisor needs an update you're stuck with the boxes going down.

Aurora serverless: you don't deal with any of that.

Saying they're the same as like saying that a self-driving taxi is the same as leasing your own car. In both cases there are servers involved, But in one of the two cases you don't have anything to do with the server.

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Wait, that's meant to be a joke?

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So serverless means the same as buying it as a service?

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Pretty much.

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Haha I know, parts of the software I work on uses serverless infrastructure. I'm just kidding

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People used "function as a service", "managed *" or "compute as a service" for a bit, but serverless actually seemed to capture the gist of it for customers better. It may be marketing speak, but it does seem to be an effective shorthand for the value it provides.

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And there we have it folks, the suffix "less" is now redefined