Episode 35: Metered Pricing: Everyone Hates That! Charge Based on Value

November 07, 2018 00:32:39
Episode 35: Metered Pricing: Everyone Hates That! Charge Based on Value
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Episode 35: Metered Pricing: Everyone Hates That! Charge Based on Value

Nov 07 2018 | 00:32:39

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Show Notes

Did you know that you can now run Lambda functions for 15 minutes, instead of dealing with 5-minute timeouts? Although customers will probably never need that much time, it helps dispel the belief that serverless isn’t useful for some use cases because of such short time limits.

Today, we’re talking to Adam Johnson, co-founder and CEO of IOpipe. He understands that some people may misuse the increased timeframe to implement things terribly. But he believes the responsibility of a framework, platform, or technology should not be to hinder certain use cases to make sure developers are working within narrow constraints. Substantial guardrails can make developers shy away. With Lambda, they can do what they want, which is good and bad.

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