Serverless

In our team everyone can ask to have a concept or anything of interest explained by a colleague who might know at least something about it. It´s really not formal – it´s more that we are trying to help each other to understand the things around us better. This time it is on me to say something about Serverless. Here are my prepared materials: Serverless

ChatGPT Summary of the presentation

This presentation discusses the concept of serverless computing and its evolution within the world of technology. Here’s a summary of the key points:

• Serverless computing is a development approach where developers do not need to manage or interact with servers directly.
• It marks the final stage in the evolution of virtualization, following hardware servers, virtual machines, and containers.
• The traits of each evolutionary step are outlined:
  • Hardware servers require physical installation and administration.
  • Virtual machines decouple from hardware, can be prepared once, and are administered.
  • Containers are more lightweight, can be distributed easily, and start quickly but still require administration.
  • Serverless abstracts away servers, requires minimal administration, relies on cloud providers, is priced by usage, and scales automatically.
• Serverless covers various aspects, such as functions, storage, authentication, monitoring, and alerting, putting the focus on business logic.
• Serverless is known for its reliability, speed, and global availability.

This presentation encourages us to consider the shift to serverless as a significant advancement in cloud computing.