138: Everything Serverless with Andy Raines

Three Devs and a Maybe

In this weeks episode we chat to Andy Raines about all things Serverless. We start off by discussing what Serverless actually means, advantages of using such a model, design constraints it employs and how it scales. From here we touch upon the history of how we got to the compute/infrastructure we use today: from on-premise servers, IaaS, PaaS and FaaS/BaaS. This leads us on to highlight the 12-factor app methodology, how immutability has vast benefits in many contexts and how FaaS platforms work under-the-hood. Finally, we mention the Serverless PHP project Andy is working on, the motivations behind it and future development he would like to see take place.

Show Links

• Andy Raines on Twitter
• Getting Started With Serverless PHP - SkillsCast
• Getting started with PHP Serverless - A Cloud Guru
• araines/serverless-php - PHP for AWS Lambda via Serverless Framework
• AWS Lambda - Serverless Compute
• IaaS vs CaaS vs PaaS vs FaaS - Choosing the Right Platform
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Function as a Service (FaaS)
• Backend as a Service (BaaS)
• How AWS came to be - TechCrunch
• Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
• The Twelve-Factor App
• Serverless Architectures
• Amazon API Gateway
• Keeping Functions Warm - How To Fix AWS Lambda Cold Start Issues
• Understanding AWS Lambda Performance
• Serverless - The Serverless Application Framework
• Facebooks Parse developer platform is shutting down today - TechCrunch
• Apache OpenWhisk
• Azure Functions