alt Hacker News> Serverless means spinning compute resources up on demand in the cloud vs. running a server permanently.
Not quite. Serverless means you can run a server permanently, but you need pay someone else to manage the infrastructure for you.
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jwiz • today at 7:07 PM
Depends if you mean "server" as in piece of metal (or vm), or as in "a daemon"
turtlebits • today at 6:34 PM
Close. It means there's no persistent infra charges and you're charged on use. You dont run anything permanently.
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You might be conflating "cloud" with serverless. Serverless is where developers can focus on code, with little care of the infrastructure it runs on, and is pay-as-you-go.