David Wells, from Netlify, and I take a crack at answering this question in an understandable way.
Are there still servers involved? Of course, but you don't manage them, scale them, or pay for them when you aren't using them. It really is a different model that deserves a new name.
Better yet, they enable front-end developers like us to do more than we ever thought we could. We'll cover a variety of use cases that might get you …
#71: Building a Website (1 of 3): Photoshop Mockup
#70: Random Pet Peeves
#69: First Ten Minutes with TypeKit
#68: Think Geek Background Fade Technique
#67: jQuery Part 3 – Image Title Plugin
#66: Table Styling 2, Fixed Header and Highlighting
#65: Advanced Uses for Custom Fields in WordPress
#64: Building a Photo Gallery
#63: On Screencasting
#62: Advanced Form Styling & Functionality
#61: Basic Table Styling with CSS
#60: AJAX Refreshing RSS Content
#59: Embedding Audio
#58: HTML & CSS – The VERY Basics
#57: Using CSS3
#56: Integrating FoxyCart and WordPress
#55: Adding RSS Content with SimplePie
#54: Introduction to FLIR
#53: Customizing PayPal Forms, Buttons, and Headers
#52: Building a Print Stylesheet
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Podcast – Kitchen Sink WordPress
The Goat Farm
Away From The Keyboard
Arrested DevOps
Build Phase