135. Serverless is making a comeback where you least expect it

In this episode, we discuss the pros and cons of using serverless architecture in enterprise companies. We cover topics like cost, complexity, security, ability to evolve architecture, and more. Overall, we find that serverless can provide benefits like reduced operational costs, improved developer productivity, and increased focus on core business logic for larger companies. AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem. If you are looking for a partner to architect, develop and modernise on AWS, give fourTheorem a call. Check out https://fourtheorem.com. 🔖 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Definition and traits of serverless architecture 02:21 Addressing some common criticisms of serverless 10:27 Economic benefits of serverless for enterprises 15:20 Security benefits of serverless 17:21 Ability to evolve architecture with serverless 18:29 Pragmatic hybrid approaches combining serverless and traditional architecture In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Yan Cui - “Even simple serverless applications have complex architecture diagrams”, so what? - https://theburningmonk.com/2020/11/ev... Dark Matter Developers: The Unseen 99% - https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-m... Deloitte - Determining the Total Cost of Ownership of Serverless Technologies when compared to Traditional Cloud - https://pages.awscloud.com/rs/112-TZM... Generating Value Through IT Agility and Business Scalability with AWS Serverless Platform (Gated Link) - https://pages.awscloud.com/Gated_IDC_... You can listen to AWS Bites wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Lh7Pzq... Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/aws-bites RSS: ​​https://anchor.fm/s/6a3312a0/podcast/rss Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter:   / eoins     / loige