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Re:Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gat... by aikah on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:27AM (#12683699)
> Most reasonable people read "serverless" as "server I don't have to admin"

Most reasonable people find the "serverless" moniker obnoxious to begin with. If something doesn't require administration then call it "adminless", not "serverless"

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Re:Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gat... by marktangotango on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:34AM (#12683744)
As others have said, serverless applies to the pricing model, in which it makes perfect sense, imo.
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Re:Going Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gat... by aikah on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:51AM (#12683867)
Yes we agree that "serverless" is pure marketing. as I already said.

> Your are selling a basic pubsub architecture as something "innovative" when the only real innovation is the pricing.

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