Function as a Service in private cloud

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Alibaba private cloud implements an internal FaaS platform built in Kotlin to cut developer overhead, keep functions small (ideally ~80 lines) and provide a consistent SDK for HTTP/RPC calls, tracing and metrics. Platform groups functions into multitenant containers to avoid cold starts, supports coroutines so one JVM runs millions of lightweight tasks, and records event payloads at about ~1 KB per event. Production footprint is under <10k functions, observes Spring startup around 1 s (optimizable toward 40 ms with AOT), and enforces per-function specs, versioned routing and end-to-end monitoring.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 10:57Microservice architecture problems
3. 25:15FaaS platform in private cloud
4. 36:13Summary
5. 49:23Q&A

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