{"id":12127,"date":"2023-04-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=12127"},"modified":"2022-07-29T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:32:47","slug":"code-development-the-serverless-use-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/code-development-the-serverless-use-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Code Development: The Serverless Use Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serverless computing is becoming increasingly popular but it&#8217;s not a one-fit approach for all applications.  There are some use cases where serverless shines and others where it just doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dashbird.io\/knowledge-base\/basic-concepts\/serverless-advantages-and-use-cases\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dashbird.io\/knowledge-base\/basic-concepts\/serverless-advantages-and-use-cases\/\">Serverless computing<\/a> is often used in web and mobile applications, stream and batch processing, trigger-based tasks, the internet of things, REST APIs, cron jobs, and cloud automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Project characteristics that <strong>make a good fit<\/strong> for Serverless computing include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stateless<\/li><li>Application scalability<\/li><li>Minimize server costs when there are frequent periods of low activity<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Project characteristics that are <strong>not a good fit<\/strong> for Serverless computing include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Constant workload.  Serverless works better in cases where the incoming frequency and volume fluctuates.<\/li><li>Long-running functions.<\/li><li>Stateful <\/li><li>May not be easy to port from one cloud provider to another<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.redhat.com\/author\/naina-singh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/developers.redhat.com\/author\/naina-singh\">Naina Singh<\/a>, product manager at Red Hat,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisestorageforum.com\/cloud\/serverless-computing-trends\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisestorageforum.com\/cloud\/serverless-computing-trends\/\"> said that<\/a> &#8220;a perfect use case for the serverless paradigm is for applications with non-uniform access characteristics with a spiky traffic shape.\u00a0 Serverless applications are also perfect for experimentation or exploring a startup idea, as the deployment costs directly correlate with usage numbers so that the investment risk is 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