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dragonwriter on May 6, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Use AWS Lambda to self-host the comments for your ...

"I don't have to deal with managing servers because I'm paying for a service which abstracts the underlying servers" has been the value proposition of PaaS systems from day one. It doesn't make them "serverless", which is a silly new empty buzzword.

tracker1 on May 6, 2016 [–]

How about Maintenance Free Servers (MFS -> miffs)?

I could go on and on about the MFS, but I choose to leave it at that... the MFS are awesome. It even leaves room to the imagination. ;-)

stephenr on May 8, 2016 | [–]

So.. a managed server. That has existed for a long time, and, hold onto your hat, involves a server.

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