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Is serverless actually better? – w/ Phoenix framework creator Chris McCord

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Cloud and DevOpsDistributed systemsServerlessScaling and large-scale architectureElixir and Erlang

Chris McCord discusses the downsides of serverless functions and introduces the FLAME pattern for elastic scaling in Elixir.

Is using serverless functions actually easier and cheaper? In this video I chat with the creator of the Elixir framework Phoenix, Chris McCord, about why you might not need serverless functions to elastically scale. Interview conducted and editing by Annie Sexton.

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What people say. Engineers highlighted this interview for its strong critique of serverless architectures and introduction of the FLAME pattern.

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Chris McCord tears down 'Serverless' and also introduces Flame Video: [video Flame: https://github.com/phoenixframework/flame As an aside, this is one of the reasons why I love the Elixir community. It takes courage to call out Serverless silly while working for a company that actually does serverless. I love the fact that Chris stands by his opinion strongly and also kudos to Fly.io for actually publishing it unfiltered and having a healthy discussion around it. I love how both of them tear down Vercel - as they should :))) Flame looks absolutely fantastic - something I feel would benefit a lot of Saas makers here. I personally am gonna use it in a project launch this month. Will…
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