Re:Ask HN: Have you shipped anything serious with a “serverl...
by dragonwriter on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:13AM
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> For a marketing term mainly aimed at developers
I think the marketing is aimed mainly at technology management, not developers. Obviously, they have to evangelize developers, too, to a certain extent because they need a critical mass with familiarity so that the managers aren't saying “that’s nice, but who do we hire to build stuff on it”, but developers aren't the ultimate target of the marketing for serverless or most other cloud technologies.
I think the marketing is aimed mainly at technology management, not developers. Obviously, they have to evangelize developers, too, to a certain extent because they need a critical mass with familiarity so that the managers aren't saying “that’s nice, but who do we hire to build stuff on it”, but developers aren't the ultimate target of the marketing for serverless or most other cloud technologies.