Software engineers exist to build products that deliver value to their users. Quality and time-to-delivery are usually the two biggest factors that influence the vast majority of technical decisions—what languages, frameworks, platforms, etc, to use to build the product. The serverless mindset prioritises using technologies that enable teams to deliver maximum value by NOT doing things which aren't a core part of their organisation's value offering (such tasks are often termed [[Undifferentiated heavy lifting]]). To make this more concrete, there are several attributes you can use to identify [[What makes a service "serverless"]]. See also: - [[The Serverless Manifesto]] - [[Serverless-first mindset]] - [[Undifferentiated heavy lifting]] ## #SynthesisedIdeas The decision to avoid [[Undifferentiated heavy lifting]] seems like a good application of [[Via negativa]]. --- ## References - [Serverless is a State of Mind](https://ben11kehoe.medium.com/serverless-is-a-state-of-mind-717ef2088b42) by [[@Ben Kehoe]] - Core message: "Focus" is the "why" of serverless --- tags: #Serverless