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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about serverless and cloud providers - the benefits, limitations, providers and more!
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Show Notes4:05 - What is Serverless?
URL driven Startup/shut down (Heroku works this way) Digital Ocean droplet works differently8:15 - What are the benefits?
Scale up specific functions rather than everything - aka potentially cheaper Security - your singular server instance being hacked is not a possibility Less knowledge overhead required You don’t need to manage your own server Empowers front-end devs to do more Faster deploys Only re-deploy the code that changed17:05 - What can you host on Serverless?
Static Files - SPA (React) Single functions It can be in JS, Python, GO, PHP18:07 - What can’t you host on Serverless?
Entire applications Large apps have slow coldstarts 500mb limit23:40 - Raw Providers
Google Cloud Azure AWS Lambda SAP Red Hat IBM Cloud Functions Cloudflare Workers Kind of cool because they work like service workers where you can intercept any HTTP request27:33 - Easy Providers + Frameworks
Begin + Arc.codes Zeit Now + Next.js Anything + Serverless Netlify AWS Amplify Apex Up - TJ Holowaychuk Open Faas + Digital Ocean Links Heroku Digital Ocean Meteor Galaxy Codepen Radio: Preprocessors and Lambda Zeit Now Wes’ tweet about serverless @maxsteenbergen uses.tech Google Cloud Azure AWS Lambda SAP Red Hat IBM Cloud Functions Cloudflare Workers Begin Arc.codes Severless Netlify AWS Amplify Apex Up Open Faas @tjholowaychuk Scott tries Begin.com SyntaxFM Reddit ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Matt McMuscles YouTube Channel Wes: Modern Vintage Gamer Shameless Plugs Scott: Scott’s YouTube Channel Wes: Beginner Javascript Course - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets758: Web Awesome with Konnor Rogers + Cory LaViska
757: Potluck: Is Gatsby Dead? Shadow Dom, AI Summaries, Self Hosting + More
756: CSS Is Getting Mixins + Functions
755: Chrome Extensions and Ad Blockers VS Google with Oliver Dunk
754: How to Level Up Your Web Development Career
753: Cache Ruins Everything Around Me
752: React vs Vue vs Angular with Corbin Crutchley
751: UI Components: ShadCN, Tailwind UI, Headless, React Aria, Radix UI
750: New CSS and JavaScript You Should Be Using
749: Coding Shopify with Anne and Trudy of Design Packs
748: Fitness Will Make You a Better Developer
747: Middleware Explained
746: Infrastructure for TS Devs: Kubernetes, WASM and Containers with David Flanagan
745: Modern JS Toolchains (Biome, Oxc + More)
744: Docker For Developers
743: JavaScript Figma Plugins & Working at GitHub With Cameron McEfee
742: Potluck: Migrating to Typescript, Semver Explained, Accurate Timers and Countdowns
741: TypeScript Interview Questions - STUMP’d
740: Local AI Models in JavaScript - Machine Learning Deep Dive With Xenova
739: The LoFi Movement: Building Local First Apps
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