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Re:Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gat... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:51AM (#12681945)
> We want micro-services that are available as we need them, at any scale, and we never want to deal with a 'server' again.

I'm going to argue that's currently unrealistic, but if you want someone to build something, tell them its impossible.

Clearly its not easy to build a system that'll run code on demand as fast as bare metal; accept the trade offs with the understanding why you're making them.

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Re:Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gat... by jomamaxx on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:57AM (#12681966)
What I'm asking for is definitely within grasp of Amazon's team :) they just need to get there.

Moreover, it's a rather fundamental opportunity for them: Lambda's are a form of 'container' and they are exactly what so many of us want. The deal-breaker for us was the latency issue.

Amazon is a pretty smart company, and it's a big opportunity, I'll bet they eventually get this sorted out.

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