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Going Serverless: Where to Start

Linux Academy

What is serverless framework? The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. Serverless is beneficial as it lets you focus on delivering a product, rather than managing typical IT problems.

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DBOS: A better way to build applications?

InfoWorld

At the end of March 2024, Mike Stonebraker announced in a blog post the release of DBOS Cloud , “a transactional serverless computing platform, made possible by a revolutionary new operating system, DBOS, that implements OS services on top of a distributed database.” As such, storing OS state is a database problem.

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Serverless vs containers: Which is best for your application?

CircleCI

Two of the most widely-used technologies to host these deployments are serverless functions and containers. In this comparison, we will look at some important differentiators between serverless computing and containers and outline some criteria you can use to decide which to use for your next project. What is serverless?

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A serverless glossary

Stackery

With Serverless, it’s not the technology that’s hard, it’s understanding the language of a new culture and operational model. Serverless architecture has coined some new terms and, more confusingly, re-used a few older terms with new meanings. This glossary will clarify some of them. We call it Cloudlocal, try it for yourself.

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The Anatomy of a Serverless App

Stackery

Serverless has, for the last year or so, felt like an easy term to define: code run in a highly managed environment with (almost) no configuration of the underlying computer layer done by your team. Fair enough, but what is is a serverless application? The most common example of this will be accessing a database.

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How Does Serverless Computing Work with Containers and Micro Services?

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

According to Wikipedia, Serverless computing is a cloud computing model in which the cloud service provider dynamically manages the allocation of machine resources. Serverless computing still requires servers. Serverless computing is provided by a cloud service provider like AWS Lambda. Serverless computing is inexpensive.

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Five Ways Serverless Changes DevOps

Stacks on Stacks

I spent last week at DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas where I had the opportunity to talk with many people from the world’s largest companies about DevOps, serverless, and the ways they are delivering software faster with better stability. The serverless approach has major benefits.