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Discussion on: After 5 years, I'm out of the serverless compute cult

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Alex Hutton

Good article. You're definitely on to something, but I couldn't help but disagree with you on almost all of your specific points. The problems you raise all seem solvable.

When I look at serverless, I see something beautiful and unique (let's call it a monolith), that's been shattered into a thousand pieces. Now each piece can be purchased individually as a turnkey solution. Is this genius or is this a crime -- a difficult question to answer. If an experienced developer is not used to serverless, it's only naturally for them to feel like something is wrong when making the adjustment. On the other hand, you're five years in and you still have a problem with serverless. I'd be interested in hearing more of your perspective in terms of comparing serverless with concrete examples of "non-serverless" and explanations as to why the latter is better.