Serverless Architectures and Modern Web Backends

Serverless Architectures and Modern Web Backends Serverless architectures let you run code without managing servers. In a modern web backend, small functions respond to API calls, file uploads, or messages, while managed services handle databases, queues, and storage. The approach speeds development, reduces operations, and scales with demand. It does require new patterns and trade-offs. Use serverless when demand is variable, time to market matters, or teams want to focus on business logic. For steady, latency-sensitive workloads, you may blend serverless with containers or traditional servers. The aim is modular, stateless compute that can grow or shrink easily. ...

September 21, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words