Serverless is a nebulous buzzword, and is often equated with Functions as a Service (FaaS) platforms like AWS Lambda. However, serverless is about something deeper, and in the end is not even about particular technologies. Serverless is, instead, a mindset: make technology decisions that further your ability to focus on what differentiates you as a business. This talk will dive into the serverless mindset, how it relates to serverless technologies, and show that it can serve as a compass to guide decision-making even in organizations that are entirely on-prem.
After 20 years building a successful software development career, my life fell apart. Deconstructing how it happened revealed surprising parallels between how I had approached building a career and family, and how I had designed software. At the root…