The Serverless Architecture Paradigm

When To Use

• Event-driven workloads with variable traffic
• Minimizing operational overhead for cloud-native apps

When NOT To Use

• Long-running processes exceeding function timeout limits
• Applications requiring persistent connections or local state

When to Employ This Paradigm

• When workloads are event-driven and exhibit intermittent or "bursty" traffic patterns.
• When the goal is to minimize infrastructure management and adopt a pay-per-execution cost model.
• When latency constraints from "cold starts" are acceptable for the use case or can be effectively mitigated.

Adoption Steps

1. Identify Functions: Decompose workloads into small, stateless function handlers triggered by events such as HTTP requests, message queues, or scheduled timers.