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Date Published
Author
Édouard Bonlieu
Word count
1174
Language
English
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None

Summary

Serverless computing represents a paradigm shift in cloud computing by eliminating the need for users to manage underlying infrastructure, allowing cloud service providers to handle server installation, maintenance, scaling, and upgrades. This approach, popularized by services like AWS Lambda, enables users to focus on application development without the burden of server management, offering cost-effective and scalable solutions for modern and greenfield applications. The evolution of serverless computing has been facilitated by advancements in containers, virtualization, distributed computing, and event-driven architectures, which collectively enhance the capacity for flexible and efficient computing resource management. The Koyeb serverless platform exemplifies these benefits by providing a developer-friendly environment for global application deployment, integrating continuous deployment and high-performance capabilities, and allowing seamless scalability through microservices on BareMetal servers. This shift towards serverless is increasingly becoming the standard for hosting applications as it offers substantial short and long-term benefits in efficiency and resource allocation.