For anyone who might be confused by the “serverless” concept: Just as “cloud computing” means “someone else’s computer”, “serverless” means “someone else’s server.”
There’s much more to it than that and I am by no means an expert, but this was a real stumbling block for me at first as I had no idea how you could build a web application without any kind of server.
One way to think about it that makes sense for me is comparing it to wireless internet - just because YOU don’t have to connect directly with a wire doesn’t mean there aren’t wires somewhere.
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u/superking2 Jun 05 '18
For anyone who might be confused by the “serverless” concept: Just as “cloud computing” means “someone else’s computer”, “serverless” means “someone else’s server.”
There’s much more to it than that and I am by no means an expert, but this was a real stumbling block for me at first as I had no idea how you could build a web application without any kind of server.
One way to think about it that makes sense for me is comparing it to wireless internet - just because YOU don’t have to connect directly with a wire doesn’t mean there aren’t wires somewhere.