The Past, Present, and Future of Serverless
summary
A concise history and roadmap that tracks concrete milestones: Lambda (2014) → API Gateway (2015) → VPC, Step Functions, EventBridge (2016–2019), added runtime features like 15‑minute timeouts, container images, EFS and 10GB ephemeral storage, and serverless databases from DynamoDB to PlanetScale and MongoDB Atlas. The ecosystem now includes Cloud Run/App Runner, edge platforms (Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify), and higher‑level systems that perform infrastructure from code / self‑provisioning runtimes. Expect platforms to auto‑repackage workloads (e.g. switch to App Runner) and for developer responsibility, cost scaling, and complexity to drive next steps.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 0:24What we're going to talk about
- 13:36Serverless developer responsibilities
- 15:06Configuration OVER Code
- 18:20Creating and Enforcing Standards
- 21:31"Serverless" Containers
- 23:00"Serverless" App Platforms
- 24:33Edge computing platforms
- 25:03Jamstack meets serverless meets Edge
- 27:36"Self-provisioning" runtimes & languages
- 31:59Key Takeaways
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