Serverless Computing

Going beyond the hype, this talk would be a high-level overview of what serverless is and why you should consider it while building for the next billion users.

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2. Meet Fredrick - Blog - https://www.codeisbae.com - Twitter - @fuchodeveloper - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2UsyuPy Fredrick Mgbeoma Andela @fuchodeveloper
3. Serverless Computing: Building for the Next Billion Users Fredrick Mgbeoma Andela @fuchodeveloper
4. Open Source Festival 2020 What to expect • What is serverless? • Advantages of serverless and why you should consider it • Disadvantages of serverless • Top serverless cloud providers • Open source serverless platforms
5. What is Serverless Computing?
6. “Serverless computing is a method of providing backend services on an as-used basis” - Cloudflare
7. Serverless != No Servers
8. What are the advantages of serverless computing?
9. Money Savings You are not paying for unused space or idle CPU time when the application is not handling any requests Photo by Ibrahim Rifath on Unsplash
10. Autoscaling for the next billion users Serverless computing gives you the benefit of flexible scaling that is managed by your cloud provider Photo by Amanda Vick on Unsplash
11. Increased productivity and time to market With serverless Functions as a Service, FaaS, you focus on the business logic and less on managing complex infrastructure Photo by Dami Akinbode on Unsplash
12. High availability With serverless, you enjoy the benefits of high availability and fault tolerance out of the box Photo by servermom
13. Zero administration Deploy your code without worrying about provisioning, managing, or upgrading servers Photo by Amanda Vick on Unsplash Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash
14. What are the disadvantages of serverless computing?
15. Vendor lock-in Significant challenges when migrating from one vendor to another which could affect your infrastructure Photo by Hussan Amir on Unsplash
16. Cold start For applications that require low-latency, going serverless might not give you the best performance Photo by 660citynews
17. Debugging Debugging serverless applications can be challenging because the code environment is managed by a third party cloud provider Photo by 660citynews Photo by Wikipedia
18. Open Source Festival 2020 Top Serverless Cloud Providers
19. Open Source Festival 2020 Who is using serverless computing • FINRA - uses serverless to Perform 500 Billion Validation Checks Daily • Expedia - 6.2 billion requests a month on lambda • The Coca-Cola Company • Netflix • Autodesk
20. Open Source Serverless Platforms • Apache OpenWhisk - https://github.com/apache/openwhisk • Fission - https://github.com/fission/fission • IronFunctions - https://github.com/iron-io/functions • Kubeless - https://github.com/kubeless/kubeless • OpenFaaS - https://github.com/openfaas/faas
21. Resources • https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/glossary/funct ion-as-a-service-faas/ • https://aws.amazon.com/serverless • https://martinfowler.com/articles/serverless.html • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless_computing • https://opensource.com/article/18/11/open-source-serverless- platforms
22. Thank you! Fredrick Mgbeoma Andela @fuchodeveloper