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Alexandru-Dan Pop

Might be, depends how you interpret the words :) What do you mean?

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Paweł Kowalski

Well, going for serverless if you have a simple business site to do, with no DB, no processing, means you will inevitably overcomplicate a simple website.

I think most of the problems I see nowadays in frontend dev sphere are a result of overcomplicating everything and unconcious love for wasting time by devs. ;)

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Alexandru-Dan Pop

Yeah I know what you mean I wouldn't go serverless unless you actual need server side code. Would use static site generators if I see a use for them (ex build from markup files) or simple HTML files.

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Paweł Kowalski

Yeah, and as someone with serverless experience (both native aws click through console, SAM, Serverless framework) i know it can be a timehole where suddenly you spend 75% setting up and maintaining serverless instead of focusing on the core of what you want to achivee.

I would personally treat serverless as cost & performance optimization (after MVP is done and works). For those who are not fluent with serverless tech, and only recommend going serverless from the start for advanced users who did it at least couple of times.

Im a big advocate of serverless, just not for novices and not when there is a deadline on their head - this probably wont end well for most :)