[rlyshw]

>[serverless computing] closely parallels past advances in programmer productivity, such as the transition from assembly language to high-level programming languages

Is this serious? The author seems to imply that we can just abstract away the entire internet in the same way we abstracted away copper wires.

[TomMarius]

But we did, didn't we? How is modern serverless different from shared LAMP hostings of the past?

[scarface74]

Shared lamp hosting didn’t give you the security, scalability or isolation that lambda gives you.

[TomMarius]

The implementation was lacking, but the concept is nearly identical.