Serverless Computing: Why Haven't We All Switched Yet?
2025-01-09
Despite the appealing value proposition of serverless computing (e.g., AWS Lambda)—pay-per-use, auto-scaling, and abstraction from infrastructure—widespread adoption remains slow. The author points to two primary reasons: the lessons learned from the challenging microservices migration, where many organizations struggled due to insufficient technical and organizational readiness; and the fact that serverless amplifies existing challenges of microservices, such as complexities in dependency injection and observability. A gradual adoption approach focusing on highly autonomous teams and suitable use cases (like AI and LLM integrations) is suggested as a more efficient strategy.
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