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		dradtke on Sept 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Serverless: slower and more expensive Wasn't it originally called Function as a Service? That seems to be a better name for its intended use-case than serverless.

erikerikson on Sept 23, 2019 [–]

FaaS is one example of a serverless service. Workflow or object storage services are others. It was the arrival of FaaS that stimulated the term.

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