Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES
by sfifs on Saturday January 04, 2020 @06:57AM
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It's pretty well understood by now that serverless is meant to connote that you (the firm owning the application) don't manage the server(s). Someone else does it while you just bring your application code.
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Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES
by chrischattin on Saturday January 04, 2020 @07:18AM
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Correct. It is a misleading term, imo.
Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES
by scarface74 on Saturday January 04, 2020 @07:58AM
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It’s no more “misleading” than having a “bug” in your code. Does anyone with even an iota of computer experience think “Serverless” means that their software is being run by leprechrauns?
Nowhere else on HN is willfully not taking the time to learn about technology celebrated except when it comes to cloud concepts.
Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES
by chrischattin on Saturday January 04, 2020 @09:15AM
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The more you understand the architecture, the more absurd it sounds to call it serverless.
Edit: Replying to the below comment... No, it's like calling produce you didn't grow yourself but came from a farm, farmless produce.
Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES
by scarface74 on Saturday January 04, 2020 @09:20AM
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Imagine if someone said
“the more you understand about farming, the more absurd it is to call them server farms.”
“the more you understand about biology, the more absurd it is to call them bugs”
“The more you understand about meteorology the more absurd it is to call it ‘the cloud’”
Yes, if it weren’t for people on Hn educating the poor unwashed masses we would all think that our software running “Serverless” was being run by elves at the North Pole.