Pros and cons of serverless

As we now understand what serverless architectures and pipelines look like, how they may be leveraged into existing architectures, and also how microservices help keep architectures leaner and boost developer productivity, we shall look at the pros and cons of serverless systems in detail, so that software developers and architects can make decisions regarding when to leverage the serverless paradigm into their existing systems and when not to.

The positives of serverless systems are:

  • Lower infrastructure costs: By deploying serverless systems, the infrastructure costs can be greatly optimized, as there would not be a need for servers to be running around the clock every day. As the servers start whenever the ...

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