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💰 The Cloud Decoder – Part 2 (Extended Edition)

The Buzzword Autopsy

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JJ – Chief Packet Pusher
Oct 27, 2025
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🔍 Serverless ≠ No Servers

Let’s be clear: “Serverless” is just “someone else’s server.”
You’re still paying for CPU cycles, storage IO, and a function that times out faster than your attention span.

# AWS
aws lambda invoke --function-name theconfigreport-test out.json

# Azure
az functionapp list | grep “please_work”

# GCP
gcloud functions describe my-fu…

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