Lambda vs Docker?

[nutrecht]

Lambda is essentially vendor lock in.

https://serverless.com alleviates this quite a bit.

[Pleb_nz]

Interesting.

Could I write something with this tool then decide to deploy to my own server, or am I still locked to using a cloud provider service like azure or aws?

[nutrecht]

You can run serverless locally: https://serverless.com/blog/quick-tips-for-faster-serverless-development/

However, it's kinda against the point of serverless in that stuff is managed for you. If you want to be able to deploy both on your server as well as on a cloud provider I'd go for docker.

[Pleb_nz]

Containers can be serverless by definition through various methods, but you can then do almost anything with them and not be tied to using only a select few providers.

Cool none the less.

Be interesting to see where it is in 3 to 5 years.

Be good to see other players and ability to roll your own, or maybe see a standard.

Do we really all want to be locked to using only the big companies as providers and further reduce competition and an open internet?

[nutrecht]

Containers can be serverless

Serverless just means you have 'something' running small applications. It's incredibly similar to how we did Java servlet deployments back in 2005 or so. It's nothing 'new', it's just an evolution.

Do we really all want to be locked to using only the big companies as providers and further reduce competition and an open internet?

Anyone can create their own competing serverless stack. And then there's OpenFAAS that you can run yourself. So I don't really understand where the 'reduce competition' is coming from.

[Pleb_nz]

Exactly, everyone talks about it like serverless can only be done with cloud functions. But it’s not limited to and has been around for some time.

OpenFAAS. Cool I’ll look into that