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Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed

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Post by w1zeman1p » Fri, Aug 05, 2016, 3:26 AM UTC

Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed
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Re: Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed

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Post by flukus » Fri, Aug 05, 2016, 3:39 AM UTC

This is about as severless as "the cloud". There are still server just other peoples.

That doesn't make it useless, just misleading.

Edit - I guess I should be clear, this was a short rant about the term "serverless", not the product itself, which looks quite nice for static sites.

Re: Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed

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Post by w1zeman1p » Fri, Aug 05, 2016, 3:43 AM UTC

flukus wrote: post #2

This is about as severless as "the cloud". There are still server just other peoples. That doesn't make it useless, just misleading. Edit - I guess I should be clear, this was a short rant about the term "serverless", not the product itself, which looks quite nice for static sites.

Fair point. My goal was to make something so that static sites that need a simple email or contact form don't need to setup anything serverside.

Re: Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed

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Post by smt88 » Fri, Aug 05, 2016, 4:04 AM UTC

flukus wrote: post #2

This is about as severless as "the cloud". There are still server just other peoples. That doesn't make it useless, just misleading. Edit - I guess I should be clear, this was a short rant about the term "serverless", not the product itself, which looks quite nice for static sites.

> That doesn't make it useless, just misleading.

I don't necessarily agree. The most popular usage of "serverless" is as a label for things like AWS Lambda.

Again, in that situation, there is a server, but it requires zero configuration by the user. This product has the same pros/cons.

Re: Show HN: ServerlessFORM – no back end for a simple form needed

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Post by Freak_NL » Fri, Aug 05, 2016, 6:39 AM UTC

w1zeman1p wrote: post #3

flukus wrote: post #2

This is about as severless as "the cloud". There are still server just other peoples. That doesn't make it useless, just misleading. Edit - I guess I should be clear, this was a short rant about the term "serverless", not the product itself, which looks quite nice for static sites.

Fair point. My goal was to make something so that static sites that need a simple email or contact form don't need to setup anything serverside.

Calling it serverless when there is in fact a server feels weazily though. That taints your product.