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by Freak_NL 3324 days ago
There is a better term for this exact phenomenon; Function as a Service (FaaS). It fits neatly with Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). It also makes sense, mostly.

However, as much as I agree with you (and I do; 'serverless' is just cruel semantic abuse), the buzzword took off; the marketeers and bandwagoneers got a hold of it, made it buzz, and now do not appear willing to let go.

Shame.

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>cruel semantic abuse

Yeah, but that describes most business/tech jargon. I guess, for example, that verbifying words like 'architect' and 'concept' instead of using ordinary English words like 'design' and 'conceive' that already mean the same thing somehow makes what you do seem special and new and not an ordinary function that's been going on since the beginning of time.