Similar to Microservices architecture, FaaS forces a pattern of breaking the logic layer into smaller, task-specific services. This provides the following tangible benefits:
- Versioning the services independently of one another: In a monolithic application, changing even a small part of business logic will trigger a redeployment of the entire monolith. In a FaaS environment, each function handles a particular task, and thus the implementation of each function can be changed independently, as long as the contract with the services upstream and downstream of the function is maintained. This can have a tremendous effect on the agility and flexibility of the application update process.
- Freedom to use a ...
