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Serverless Operations vs Virtual Machines

Developers should learn serverless operations when building scalable, cost-effective applications with variable or unpredictable workloads, such as web APIs, data processing pipelines, or IoT backends meets developers should learn and use virtual machines to create isolated, reproducible environments for testing applications across different operating systems without needing separate physical hardware, which is crucial for cross-platform development and ci/cd pipelines. Here's our take.

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Serverless Operations

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Pros

+It is particularly useful for reducing operational overhead, as it eliminates the need for server provisioning, patching, and scaling, allowing faster deployment cycles and lower costs in pay-per-use models
+Related to: aws-lambda, azure-functions

Cons

-Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Virtual Machines

Developers should learn and use Virtual Machines to create isolated, reproducible environments for testing applications across different operating systems without needing separate physical hardware, which is crucial for cross-platform development and CI/CD pipelines

Pros

+They are also essential for running legacy systems securely, optimizing resource utilization in cloud computing, and ensuring consistency in deployment scenarios, such as in DevOps practices
+Related to: hypervisor, containerization

Cons

-Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Serverless Operations is a methodology while Virtual Machines is a platform. We picked Serverless Operations based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

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The Bottom Line

Serverless Operations wins

Based on overall popularity. Serverless Operations is more widely used, but Virtual Machines excels in its own space.

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