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Imagine you are interviewing some guy for an IT role and she says that he doesn’t get that of “going to the cloud because everybody knows there are no datacenters in the sky”. Everybody knows that cloud in cloud computing is just a name. However, it’s surprising how many people have a similar idea. You chat with someone in IT about “serverless” and she says something like “Serverless doesn’t make any sense. Code has to run on a server”. I understand technology changes a lot. Sometimes names are not very transparent. And we cannot chase the latest buzzword. Many companies/organisations were still dealing with virtualisation when the cloud came. Then without pause, containers seemed to be the hottest thing. Source:[…]

Imagine if your backend had no infrastructure. No permanent server, nowhere for your API to call home. Sounds a bit bleak, doesn’t it? As it turns out, serverless backends could be the next big thing for implementing truly scalable cloud architecture. How do you make an Application Programming Interface lightweight on the client side, yet scalable to heightened traffic demands? Source: The Benefits of a Serverless API Backend | Nordic APIs |

AWS Lambda retains its lead, but IT ops pros are wise to keep new products on the radar, as the technology matures. As IT operations pros are called upon to set up and monitor serverless platforms, they’ll need a solid grasp of the expanding product landscape. Source: New serverless platforms vow to end Lambda lock-in