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Re:Ask HN: What are some practical uses for serverless? by buf on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:47PM (#18651810)
Right on. I guess I've done it so many times that I hadn't thought about it. I have a medium sized site, about 12 rps, using rails with a bunch of backend operations (it's a social network), so I think I just have rose-tinted glasses on the complexities of doing that.

Other than setup time, are there any other really great reasons to use serverless?

Or, why is serverless so much more popular than heroku (currently)? With heroku, you have a lot more control.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some practical uses for serverless? by viraptor on Monday December 10, 2018 @08:11PM (#18652562)
> Other than setup time,

Not just setup time. Ongoing management time as well.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some practical uses for serverless? by fenwick67 on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:33PM (#18652099)
Heroku is a bit pricy, that's probably related.
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