The text provides a comprehensive guide on Netlify Functions, a serverless Function as a Service (FaaS) platform designed to facilitate rapid deployment and management of code snippets, particularly for web development. These functions, which can be written in JavaScript, Go, or TypeScript, are triggered by HTTP requests and can be used for tasks such as processing form submissions, handling API requests, and managing authentication and authorization. The article details how to create these functions, discussing different types such as background, trigger, and scheduled functions, and compares Netlify Functions to AWS Lambda in terms of scalability, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, it suggests using tools like Earthly to streamline the build process, making it easier to incorporate serverless functionality into web projects. The guide aims to help developers enhance their applications by offloading time-consuming tasks to the cloud, thus optimizing performance and reducing complexity in application development.