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Sreeharsh K
Sreeharsh K

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Finally Understanding Serverless Concepts

Like most of the people, even I am someone who transitioned quickly into Serverless, without knowing the difference of the traditional hosting and the serverless hosting.

Not sooner I realized how lucky I am to have this future technology adapted without any hassle and developed Websites and Web Applications in the trending technology.

Here I am writing this article that breaks down the pros and cons of the Serverless and Serverful concepts, that will help you make an informed decision which architecture suits your organization or project.

Why Serverless Computing is the future?

Unlike the traditional cloud-based or server-centric infrastructure, the serverless computing offers multiple advantages like scalability, more flexibility, and quicker time to release, all at a reduced cost.

It really means you can start hosting your websites and web applications with zero fees, through the providers like Vercel, Netlify, Heroku and even AWS provides you free tier serverless hosting.

You can simply forget, server management to develop and deploy functions or applications.

The key differences between serverless computing and traditional server hosting.

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Along with these advantages, serverless comes with some disadvantages including:

  • The testing and debugging challenges
  • Security concerns regarding servers
  • Fixed Servers reduces the performance

It's always less painful to choose free tier services, since they offer quite freedom to stay put for all of your pet projects, that doesn't require any investments, also the scalability factor in the serverless architecture will help you to take your projects to next level.

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