Bursting the Serverless Bubble - Think FaaS Podcast

Special guest Yan Cui joins Forrest to discuss serverless adoption challenges and goals in 2019.

Thu, 21 Feb 2019

In this episode of Think Faas, special guest Yan Cui joins Forrest to discuss serverless adoption challenges and goals in 2019.

After listening, you can check out Yan’s video series, Production-Ready Serverless, from Manning Publications.

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Bursting the Serverless Bubble - Think FaaS Podcast

Special guest Yan Cui joins Forrest to discuss serverless adoption challenges and goals in 2019.

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