[cj]

Your point is valid, but only in cases where you don’t already have everything you listed set up.

I think the OP’s comment was coming from a perspective of someone adding a hit counter to an app that already has app servers, etc, already in place.

[bryanrasmussen]

if that's the case then the OP's comment should take into consideration the perspective of someone who already has most of the things listed in those steps setup.

In which case - as an example - you don't need to set up a serverless account and have several hundred loc for that because you've got that in your app already, and probably only need 1 loc to call what you need.

Now I'm arguing on the side of serverless, sheesh.