Serverless, Containers, and VMs: Pick Your Poison (and Your Bill)

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Put me in an architecture meeting and I’ll bet you anything that within ten minutes someone says “what matters is business value”… and by minute fifteen you’re all arguing whether you’re Team VM, Team Container, or Team Serverless like you’re sorting yourselves into Hogwarts houses.

The funny thing is, all three options are just different ways of answering the same question: “Where the heck is my code going to run, and who’s stuck dealing with the mess?”

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Serverless, Containers, and VMs: Pick Your Poison (and Your Bill)