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It seems to be all the rage in web circles.
I'm picturing an app that runs entirely in a browser and connects via web based APIs to do its back end processing, but that's my wild guess.
How close am I? I've never gotten a clear answer out of google.
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Serverless computing is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand, taking care of the servers on behalf of their customers. "Serverless" is a misnomer in the sense that servers are still used by cloud service providers to execute code for developers.
So basically, it's marketing BS. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Maybe that's why I can't understand it even after it's explained. 
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Richard Deeming wrote: So basically, it's marketing BS.
What in the IT world isn't? 
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Then what it really means is there is no dedicated server.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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honey the codewitch wrote: app that runs entirely in a browser
Something like "thin client", isn't it?
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No idea. I'm grasping over here.
It's like "semantic web" - people can explain it to me, and I still don't understand it.
I was hoping maybe someone here could unstupid me but apparently it will remain a mystery.
Oh well, as it's not my arena anyway. 
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Lately, more often than not, when I see the buzzwords 'game changer', I immediately tune out.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: when I see the buzzwords 'game changer', I immediately tune out.
Me too!
Everything's a panacea these days...until you use it and discover it's just another layer of problems that may even take up more of your time. 
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Amarnath S wrote: Something like "thin client", isn't it?
It would be more like thick client. Keep in mind, everything is thin client on the web when compared to desktop software. But serverless would be akin to thick client.
Jeremy Falcon
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That's what I learned from "Cloud Computing for Dummies":
"cloud" = There is no frigging cloud; it's someone else's computer.
"serverless" = There is always a frigging server; it's a cloud server.
Mircea
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That's exactly what I tell my non-techy friends and family when they ask what "the cloud" means. I tell them to substitute the phrase "somebody else's computer" for "the cloud" and they'll know all they need to know. And "serverless" is just "somebody else's server".
Not that there's anything wrong with that! 
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I understand it as not having a dedicated server.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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There's always a server; otherwise, there would be no way to deliver the site to a user outside of shipping them a USB drive, etc. However, the payload delivered does all of its processing on the client once it's delivered. It doesn't have its own backend server in the traditional sense where it's making API calls to its own backend. External API calls are cool though, but the idea is all of the processing needed is done on the client and nothing else.
Jeremy Falcon
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of course.
But in the good old days, we had to manage our own hardware/servers (or hire an external company to host the hardware )
If we needed extra power, we just bought extra hardware/servers.
I think that was the case for CodeProject at one point; they had off-siteserver racks.
I can't find the page with the description of the rat cage.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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That's not the point. The point is there is still a server, but the code doesn't execute on the server. The topic was what is serverless, not how to manage a server.
Jeremy Falcon
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Just means "someone else's server"
Like he said, "marketing BS"
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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You nailed it! That's exactly what it means and that's exactly why it's so confusing to people who actually understand technology.
See my answer at: The Lounge[^]
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theoldfool wrote: Just means "someone else's server"
That's always been my own informal definition as well, purely based on my own guesses.
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Here's what it actually means -- it means having someone else manage your servers where your stuff runs...
From the book,
Serverless as a Game Changer: How to Get the Most Out of the Cloud[^]
Quote: Serverless Means Not Our Uptime
One of the simplest definitions of Serverless, and the principal way I think about fully Serverless applications, is that the responsibility for keeping applications running is not the responsibility of the organization that developed the applications.
Yes, that's marketing -- not really technology!
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Technically you can use lambda functions and be "serverless". But there's no server in the traditional sense at all. I didn't read the link mind you, but if they're suggesting it's just a server on the cloud executing code then that's not accurate.
Jeremy Falcon
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The "centralized versus distributed" debate is an ongoing source of techno-marketing hype. Mainframes gave way to workstations gave way to servers gave way to desktops gave way to the cloud.
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Real talk. There's a time and place for both concepts IMO. Anytime peeps talk about a blanket one way for all things, is usually when it's fluff.
Jeremy Falcon
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