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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by codemusings on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:27AM (#22605770)
Serverless has to be the dumbest term in the tech industry.
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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by jedberg on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:17PM (#22607302)
It's not great, but I haven't heard a decent replacement yet. One that captures "you don't have to manage servers or infrastructure" in a single word.
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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by tracker1 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:28PM (#22611791)
"Easy Button Hosting" ... "that was easy."

Though Office Max (or was it Office Depot) may sue.

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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by ahartmetz on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:58PM (#22611534)
"Stateless" is closer to the truth than "serverless".
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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by jedberg on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:17AM (#22613581)
Not really though. There is plenty of state. Configure files, databases, blob storage. These are all part of the serverless ecosystem.
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Re:Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Acti... by ahartmetz on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:15PM (#22640634)
There are plenty of servers as well!
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