Serverless runs on servers

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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

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As with everything marketing, words mean nothing they just sound cool.

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I don't think it is. it's what you use if you're serverless yourself.

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You cannot work on your on-premises servers if you shit the bed with your server management.

(Just playing devil’s advocate)

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A VPS in not my server in the same sense then

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Saying they’re the same as like saying that a self-driving taxi is the same as leasing your own car.

No saying serverless computing is serverless--which has several definitions btw like all marketing doublespeak--is like saying a taxi is driverless.

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Serverless in cloud computing typically refers to ephemeral processes...things like lambdas and message handlers.

Outside of that it's marketing speech anyway (like "low code/no code" which is similar) so I guess any managed software is serverless by your definition?

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an oversimplification of a complex solution.

it's like eating at a restaurant and bitching it's like eating at home.

while true, at home you didn't need to pay for the staff, stove, ingredients, pots, pans, water, flatware, plates, cups, etc... you also ignore the fact that your kitchen at home is comprised of a single 200w microwave, a minifridge, and a single plate.

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Why not just call it IaaS then ?

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It's why you hire someone else to do it, like a network consultancy.

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True.

But one thing you control, the other you don't.

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Serverless Aurora is literally a thing in AWS

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Is a waymo driverless?

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Not every business has a need to run their own data center.

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I was under the impression that "serverless" was marketing speak for "it has servers, but it's more opaque, and we will charge you a lot more".