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Serverless Platforms and Applications
Serverless platforms enable users to focus more on the applications they build than on infrastructure management. In this sense, the word serverless is a misnomer because serverless applications still require a server infrastructure to run. However, the servers on which applications run and the management of these servers generally are abstracted from developers by the cloud infrastructure provider. The rise of serverless platforms can be seen as a direct result of cloud adoption, in many cases. Applications are increasingly adopting cloud native design principles such as automation, immutability, and observability to take advantage of the elasticity, resilience, and cost advantages offered by public cloud ...
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