Pros + Cons of JavaScript Servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the pros and cons of JavaScript servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers.

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Show Notes

• 00:26:13 Welcome
• 01:12:15 Sponsor: Hashnode
• 02:27:10 Sponsor: Linode
• 03:30:09 Topic introduction
• Netlify Functions
• Fastify
• AWS Lambda
• 09:46:02 Hosted Linux servers
• 13:41:11 Serverless functions
• MongoDB
• SvelteKit
• 16:34:02 Connecting to a database in serverless
• 20:14:14 Cloudflare Workers
• Cloudflare Workers
• Works with Workers
• 25:39:09 What do we recommend?
• Render.com

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