--- title: Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You... description: Elena van Engelen presents a strategy for avoiding serverless vendor lock-in by structuring FaaS applications with Clean Architecture principles. Using Spring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-for-serverless-business-logic-you-can-take-anywhere-gzfkdnfc6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You Can Take Anywhere | daily.dev og:description: Elena van Engelen presents a strategy for avoiding serverless vendor lock-in by structuring FaaS applications with Clean Architecture principles. Using Spring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-for-serverless-business-logic-you-can-take-anywhere-gzfkdnfc6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gzfKdNFC6.png og:image:alt: Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You Can Take Anywhere og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You Can Take Anywhere **[Kotlin Backend Guild](https://daily.dev/sources/kotlinbackendguild)** · [@henrybrown](https://daily.dev/henrybrown) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Elena van Engelen presents a strategy for avoiding serverless vendor lock-in by structuring FaaS applications with Clean Architecture principles. Using Spring Cloud Function and Gradle modules, business logic is isolated and made portable. A live demo shows Kotlin services deployed across both AWS and Azure using Terraform CDK for multi-cloud infrastructure as code. ## Content [Presentation](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/kotlin-serverless/) Elena van Engelen discusses how to eliminate serverless vendor lock-in without sacrificing native cloud capabilities. She explains how to structure FaaS applications using Clean Architecture, Spring Cloud Function, and Gradle modules to isolate business logic. Finally, she shares a live demo deploying portable Kotlin services across AWS and Azure using Terraform CDK for multi-cloud IaC. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Serverless Computing Architecture: Patterns, Tradeoffs & Decision Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-computing-architecture-patterns-tradeoffs-decision-guide-juttxofra) · Netguru · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Spring Boot Taught Me About Clean Architecture](https://daily.dev/posts/what-spring-boot-taught-me-about-clean-architecture-jipdjbyjf) · Javarevisited · 91 upvotes · 3 comments - [From distributed monolith to composable architecture on AWS: A modern approach to scalable software](https://daily.dev/posts/from-distributed-monolith-to-composable-architecture-on-aws-a-modern-approach-to-scalable-software-h4stsww7s) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Serverless Architecture: When to Use It \(and When Not To\)](https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-architecture-when-to-use-it-and-when-not-to--3trxabnfp) · Syncfusion · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Clean Architecture for Frontend Apps: Layers, MVI, and Dependency Injection](https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-for-frontend-apps-layers-mvi-and-dependency-injection-vgwgqcukk) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#spring](https://daily.dev/tags/spring), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-for-serverless-business-logic-you-can-take-anywhere-gzfkdnfc6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-for-serverless-business-logic-you-can-take-anywhere-gzfkdnfc6","headline":"Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You Can Take Anywhere","text":"Elena van Engelen presents a strategy for avoiding serverless vendor lock-in by structuring FaaS applications with Clean Architecture principles. 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