Build a Serverless Web Applicaion

Post by gamesbrainiac » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 9:31 AM UTC

ranman wrote: post #99

gamesbrainiac wrote: post #52

Is there any evidence other that actually backs the notion that you save money on a serverless architecture? As far as I can tell, it feels like once you use this kind of mechanism, you're tied to AWS for the foreseeable future.

I did this analysis in my (admittedly crappy and rushed) pycon web talk - in some cases you can save a lot of money. In other cases you'll pay more. Skip to the 20 minute mark. Also I work for AWS so general disclaimer that I'm biased. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F8-y_d7l-2c An interesting thing to note is that efficiencies in this space only increase. Which theoretically lowers prices. You also get some pretty rap…

Good talk! But how would you go about creating something like graphql on AWS lambda? Are you aware of any tutorials?

Post by etatoby » Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 5:40 AM UTC

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #130

etatoby wrote: post #88

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We still run and manage our servers and save a metric ton of money wrt. "cloud" offerings. When "cloud" or "serverless" will be cheaper than managing your own dedicated servers, then it will actually be useful. Until then, it's just marketing.

In my experience a dedicated server will be cheaper most of the time. I'm using Hetzner for most of my customers (small & medium-size companies) and for several services offered by Amazon a dedicated solution is just cheaper. I always calculate the prices beforehand for several scenarios and self hosting scenarios are almost invariably cheaper (storage, computing etc.). This does NOT mean it's better. Hetzner's serve…

Yes, I was referring to Hetzner too.

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