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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 tweets724: Potluck: Is Virtual DOM Bad?
723: Svelte 5: Speed Simplicity Size
722: Next Level Web APIs. Bluetooth, File Access, Thomas Steiner - Project Fugu
721: You should learn Drizzle, the TypeScript SQL ORM
720: Where Does Time Come From?
719: Fullstack TypeScript Apps with No Build Step?! with Brian LeRoux
718: React Server Components
717: How to be Productive
716: JS Perf Wins & New Node.js Features with Yagiz Nizipli
715: Google & MS Duopoly, Frontend to Fullstack, Where to Put Business Logic + more(Potluck)
714: CSS :has() in Every Browser! 10 Uses
713: The CSS OG Eric Meyer. 1994 CSS, JS in Fridges, Tailwind, and Web Standards
712: 2024 Predictions
711: The Surprisingly Exciting World of Print + PDF CSS
710: A Passwordless Future Passkeys with Anna Pobletts
709: Potluck × Naming Tech × Generators × Layers Follow Up × Sick Picks Page
708: How We Made Syntax.fm Faster
707: What happened in JS, CSS And Web Dev in 2023? 2023 Predictions Results!
706: AI and ML - The Pieces Explained
705: Is Running Random Code From npm Safe? With Feross Aboukhadijeh
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