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Published inJun 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781804611395
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Gigi Sayfan
Gigi Sayfan
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Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.
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In this chapter, we covered the hot topic of serverless computing. We explained the two meanings of serverless - eliminating the need to manage servers as well as deploying and running functions as a service. We explored in depth the aspects of serverless infrastructure in the cloud, especially in the context of Kubernetes. We compared the built-in cluster autoscaler as a Kubernetes-native serverless solution to the offerings of other cloud providers, like AWS EKS+Fargate, Azure AKS+ACI, and Google Cloud Run. We then switched gears and dove into the exciting and promising Knative project, with its scale-to-zero capabilities and advanced deployment options. Then, we moved to the wild world of FaaS on Kubernetes.

We discussed the plethora of solutions out there and examined them in detail, including hands-on experiments with two of the most prominent and battle-tested solutions out there: OpenFaaS and Fission. The bottom line is that both flavors of serverless computing...

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Published in: Jun 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804611395

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Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.
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