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Serverless applications

Welcome to an era of serverless applications: server management tasks can be entirely on the side of your cloud provider, leaving your developers time to focus on actually writing the code.

What are serverless applications

Serverless applications rely on the cloud provider to abstract server management tasks – such as provisioning, scaling, and maintenance – away from the developers. This allows them to focus on writing the application code itself, rather than occupy themselves with surrounding operations.

When your architecture is serverless, it means that the cloud provider automatically allocates resources you need and scales the application up or down, depending on how many requests it receives.

All of this saves you resources, as you don’t need an extra team or surplus servers for your application.

Why do you need this?

Lower costs
Since you only pay for resources that you actually use, serverless applications are much less expensive to maintain than traditional, server-based architectures.
Scalability
Automatic scaling is an inherent feature of serverless applications which ensures that they can handle different loads without manual intervention.
Flexibility
Serverless applications can easily be integrated with other cloud services, allowing engineers to quickly develop complex apps without the infrastructure hassle.
More time
Serverless applications don’t require as much operational capacity from developers, freeing them up to focus on actual application development.
Faster time to market
Since serverless apps don’t require as much development architecture-wise, they can be released faster than server-based ones.

Say bye to superfluous costs on

additional development
hardware & infrastructure
maintenance & support

Is serverless right for me?

Serverless is not right for all software development – below are some examples where implementing serverless architecture would either be unprofitable or unnecessarily complicated:

high-performance computing, like video streaming
long-running tasks, like machine-learning model training
low-latency apps, like real-time communication services
stateful applications, like real-time collaborative tools
apps with complex workflows, like ERP software

If you’re not sure whether serverless is the way to go, consult experts like Gorrion that will advise you on the best solution for you and design the right architecture for your app.

Frequently asked questions

What are some examples of serverless applications?

One (and first!) of serverless solutions is AWS Lambda, with which you can create a whole host of serverless applications. Some of our work that leverages AWS Lambda includes:

Title Guardian
Bioledger
DeepSync Labs

What is the difference between server and serverless applications?

The main difference between server-based and serverless applications lies in who owns and manages the server infrastructure.

With server-based applications it is the company that owns the app that also owns and handles the servers, and is responsible for provisioning, maintaining, and scaling them accordingly.

On the other hand, with serverless applications, the server-side is handled by a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and you only provide the code. Mind you, “serverless” doesn’t actually mean there are no servers involved, it only means that server management tasks are abstracted from the developers.

Naturally, it isn’t always “either–or.” Larger and more complex applications often use a hybrid architecture with a combination of physical servers and abstractions.

Why choose Gorrion

AWS experts

We don’t believe in jacks of all trades, which is why – unlike many other companies – we specialize only in AWS cloud development and have certified AWS cloud solutions architects on board.

Experienced team

With over 200+ projects under our belt, we’re experienced in building products from the ground up, improving existing software, and optimizing costs for many clients.

200+projects

How Gorrion does it

Workshops
During the workshops we’ll ask you about your business and your product to get a better understanding of what you want to achieve and how we can best help you.
Architecture design or review
Armed with the outcomes of the workshops, we will review your existing architecture or design a new one for your app.
Our recommendations
Then, we will share recommendations based on our observations and research, and a plan of action for your approval.
Deployment
Once you accept our recommended plan of action, we can move on with deployment, i.e. bringing your software to life or reviving what you already have!

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