A Serverless-First Decision Framework

Pay-per-use wins on spiky and modest loads, loses at steady saturation — model your duty cycle before believing either camp's math.

Business logic isolated from platform handlers keeps the exit priced; the wrapper costs little and turns 'trapped' into 'chose to stay.'

Skipping the discipline this article describes until an incident, audit, or stalled project forces it — every practice above is cheaper adopted early than retrofitted under pressure.