*the image of cat and the green > symbols were there before I edited the image

I was feelin lazy, so here we go, have a post-

should probably post more, i feel good doin things.

anyway— i hope u are doing well! <3

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Had an argument with my architect about this once. He said its because serverless functions can be run on the edge as well, making them totally portable. I said that already exists and it’s called fucking executables.

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      The real meaning of ‘serverless’ isn’t that there’s no server, but that the server is outside the scope of what you have to think about.

      The least abstracted level is bare metal. You provision the server, install an operating system, and manage system level dependencies and security updates and all of it yourself.

      Then virtual machines, where you manage the VM but not the host it runs on.

      Then containerisation where you manage the container and dependencies, but no longer have to think about the OS or the OS security updates.

      Then finally serverless, where you as an engineer concern yourself primarily with only the code, and the platform takes care of the rest.

      So it sounds kinda weird as a name, but the intent is right, because it’s all about where the boundary of responsibility is drawn.

      Someone always has to think about the server, but in serverless that someone isn’t you.

      • kunaltyagi@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’ll have oversimplification for 10 dollars please.

        Virtual Machine: looks into, needs machines Cloud: looks into, is just renting Containers: looks into, we’re now shipping the devs laptop Server less: looks into, has servers. Loft of them

      • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Except that you do still have to think about them, because the fact that they’re still just servers means that they can and will have outages. They also tend to be insanely expensive on relative compute cost compared to a server that you still call a server, which means a lot more thinking about your budget.