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I hadn't heard the term before, but these pages have good explanations:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless_computing

https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/

"Run code without provisioning or managing servers [...] pay only for the time you consume"

Makes sense, but based on the name, I initially expected to see a framework that lets you spin up an app without writing any backend code, perhaps like using Firebase but more framework and less service. Then I thought there are even more ways to remove the server.

Maybe there should be multiple levels of "serverless". Type 0 serverless is an html file. Type 1 serverless is a static web page. Type 2 serverless is a dynamic app with a backend service; no writing backend code. Type 3 serverless is a dynamic app plus backend code with a backend management service; no provisioning or managing backend instances.

:P




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