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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about serverless and cloud providers - the benefits, limitations, providers and more!
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Show Notes4:05 - What is Serverless?
URL driven Startup/shut down (Heroku works this way) Digital Ocean droplet works differently8:15 - What are the benefits?
Scale up specific functions rather than everything - aka potentially cheaper Security - your singular server instance being hacked is not a possibility Less knowledge overhead required You don’t need to manage your own server Empowers front-end devs to do more Faster deploys Only re-deploy the code that changed17:05 - What can you host on Serverless?
Static Files - SPA (React) Single functions It can be in JS, Python, GO, PHP18:07 - What can’t you host on Serverless?
Entire applications Large apps have slow coldstarts 500mb limit23:40 - Raw Providers
Google Cloud Azure AWS Lambda SAP Red Hat IBM Cloud Functions Cloudflare Workers Kind of cool because they work like service workers where you can intercept any HTTP request27:33 - Easy Providers + Frameworks
Begin + Arc.codes Zeit Now + Next.js Anything + Serverless Netlify AWS Amplify Apex Up - TJ Holowaychuk Open Faas + Digital Ocean Links Heroku Digital Ocean Meteor Galaxy Codepen Radio: Preprocessors and Lambda Zeit Now Wes’ tweet about serverless @maxsteenbergen uses.tech Google Cloud Azure AWS Lambda SAP Red Hat IBM Cloud Functions Cloudflare Workers Begin Arc.codes Severless Netlify AWS Amplify Apex Up Open Faas @tjholowaychuk Scott tries Begin.com SyntaxFM Reddit ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Matt McMuscles YouTube Channel Wes: Modern Vintage Gamer Shameless Plugs Scott: Scott’s YouTube Channel Wes: Beginner Javascript Course - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets693: Lessons Learned & Bugs Fixed from Launching Syntax.fm
692: You Need Stale While Revalidate
691: Cloudflare Workers Are Next Level With Rita Kozlov And Brendan Irvine-Broque
690: How To Dark Mode and Beyond
689: You Should Be Using JavaScript Maps & Sets
688: Ex-npm Employee Making a New Package Manager?! Vlt with Darcy Clarke
687: Hosting NextJS × Spicy Sidedishes × Modern Forms × Abandoning TypeScript
686: We Need Your Help With The Secret Sauce
685: Jason Lengstorf on Live Streaming, Creating Content, and Building a Studio Space
684: Spooky Coding Horror Stories 2023 - Part 2
683: Spooky Coding Horror Stories 2023 - Part 1
Design Systems with Brad Frost
681: What's New in AI for Web Developers
680: Getting jQuery’d × Honourable Deaths of libraries We Don’t Use Anymore
679: Creator of Swift, Tesla Autopilot & Tensorflow. New AI language Mojo with Chris Lattner
678: The 2023 State of CSS Survey Part 2 × CSS Frameworks × Tooling × Browser Usage
677: Home Office Tips
676: Google IDX - VS Code in the Browser with David East
675: Potluck × Bun Thoughts × Guesting on Syntax × Why Rust?
674: A11y Treats - Heading Design
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