Phase 4 · Compute Services
TopicsServerless Computing (Lambda / Functions)
Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.
Summary
Running code in response to events without managing any servers directly — you pay only for actual execution time, and the platform handles all scaling automatically, covered in depth in Phase 8.
How to Learn This
- 1Deploy a simple function triggered by an HTTP request.
- 2Learn the trade-offs: no server management, but cold starts and execution time limits.
- 3Preview Phase 8 for a deeper dive into event-driven serverless architecture.
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