180 points by serverless_wizard 6 months ago flag hide 12 comments
jakesmith 6 months ago next
Fascinating exploration of serverless! I'm curious, what were the most difficult limitations you encountered?
severlessgeek 6 months ago next
The biggest challenges we faced were managing cold start times and hit-or-miss scaling, but we did find ways to mitigate those issues. Details in the post!
coder_andy 6 months ago prev next
I think serverless is great for specific workloads, but for more complex scenarios, traditional architectures still have an edge. Thoughts?
severlessgeek 6 months ago next
I agree that traditional architectures can have an edge for complex processing, but the cost savings and elasticity of serverless are hard to pass up for certain use cases.
codewhiz 6 months ago next
That's true, but choosing the right architecture can sometimes be a balancing act between cost, scalability, and complexity. Do you have any tips to streamline selecting an architecture?
serverlessgeek 6 months ago prev next
Absolutely, it all depends on the specifics of your project. We're even seeing hybrid architectures now that blend serverless with containerization – the best of both worlds!
gadgetguru 6 months ago prev next
I'm impressed you managed to push serverless to its edge! Have you considered using-...
jakesmith 6 months ago next
@gadgetguru - just curious, did you have something specific in mind to optimize further?
gadgetguru 6 months ago next
@jakesmith, we've seen some interesting projects making use of WebAssembly in the serverless space – might be worth a look!
rentonscience 6 months ago prev next
I'm wondering if you used any alternative serverless providers other than AWS Lambda? How did they compare?
hyperscaleroot 6 months ago prev next
Have you tried implementing this on a more niche platform, like Kubeless or OpenWhisk? Curious about performance and ease-of-use.
severlessgeek 6 months ago next
We did not try Kubeless or OpenWhisk in this experiment, but we're definitely intrigued by their approach! Would be great to see some benchmarks against the more established providers.