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Tell HN: The term serverless needs to disappear

by jqueryin on 5/17/17, 12:46 PM with 2 comments

Small rant on something that truly annoys me.

The term "serverless" needs to go away.

You're utilizing servers that someone else is managing. By definition, it's not a server-less architecture. You still point a DNS record at it.

There's got to be a better name choice which intermingles the concepts of managed servers, auto scaling, etc.

  • by Freak_NL on 5/17/17, 1:10 PM

    There is a better term for this exact phenomenon; Function as a Service (FaaS). It fits neatly with Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). It also makes sense, mostly.

    However, as much as I agree with you (and I do; 'serverless' is just cruel semantic abuse), the buzzword took off; the marketeers and bandwagoneers got a hold of it, made it buzz, and now do not appear willing to let go.

    Shame.