[willio58]

This has been my experience so far too. Serverless is amazing, it does require some shift in thought when it comes to backend architecture but once you get there it really does provide everything it promises. Less cost, less complexity (if done right), and the scalability is amazing. I agree it's not perfect but I highly recommend any backend or fullstack dev take a look at if you haven't already.

Been working on a lambda, dynamodb, typescript react app for about 6 months for work and it's been just mind-melting how much money and complexity we've saved switching. I'm talking like 5x the cost drop and we can more easily onboard devs to the project because it's just simpler, no need for a devops hire honestly.

[hbrn]

Can you expand a bit on complexity part? How exactly serverless reduces it?

The only thing that comes to mind better isolation between parts of the app, but this could be achieved with any architecture if done right.

[willio58]

We don’t have to manage a server, that’s really the drop in complexity. We just write a function and it runs on a machine somewhere in the cloud. As we scale, AWS just handles it automatically. If the demand decreases, no problem. We just pay for what we use. Of course there are ways to handle scale with servers, but with serverless you barely have to think about it.