On: Creating a serverless function to scrape web pages metadata

[FractalHQ]

Considering the alternative would be running your own server, what would you suggest “serverless” be called instead?

[slver → FractalHQ]

People have been running on “someone else’s server” for decades. So, no, that’s not the alternative.

[MikeDelta → slver]

All code must run on a processor somewhere, and if it's not your server it is someone else's server. I also have issues with the term serverless.

However, the term is generally accepted for cloud services where you run code on someone else's server. It is a product you can use.

I would be greatly disappointed if there are developers who think serverless code runs on air.