--- title: I'm changing my mind about serverless | daily.dev description: Serverless architectures may no longer be the default choice for most applications. Modern dedicated servers offer massive capacity (192 cores, 3TB RAM) at... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-changing-my-mind-about-serverless-pv6fxuhdp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm changing my mind about serverless | daily.dev og:description: Serverless architectures may no longer be the default choice for most applications. Modern dedicated servers offer massive capacity (192 cores, 3TB RAM) at... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-changing-my-mind-about-serverless-pv6fxuhdp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PV6fXuhdp.png og:image:alt: I'm changing my mind about serverless 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. # I'm changing my mind about serverless **[Advanced Web Machinery](https://daily.dev/sources/advancedweb)** · 4 min read · 46 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Serverless architectures may no longer be the default choice for most applications. Modern dedicated servers offer massive capacity (192 cores, 3TB RAM) at reasonable costs (~$5k/month), eliminating traditional concerns about elasticity and scale ceilings. For most services, a single powerful server or primary-secondary setup provides sufficient reliability without the complexity of distributed systems. The trade-offs favor simpler architectures: no eventual consistency, easier debugging, local reproducibility, and fewer logical errors. Tools like NixOS enable infrastructure-as-code rigor while maintaining simplicity. Serverless remains valuable for bounded, infrequently-changing workloads, but actively-developed products may benefit from exploring single-server alternatives. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@byteoutlaw** · 5 upvotes > 192 cores, 3TB RAM ~ $5k/month -> This is amazing that so much compute can just be rented if the card is full enough! 🤓 And cannot wait 10y when will be like remember when this was alot! 😝 **@mbos** · 0 upvotes > Pocket money? :| **@bricerader** · 0 upvotes > this title is a bit misleading. author really means he's changing his mind on hosting via cloud provider. > > i got excited about a potential article about why serverless was the snake oil AWS sold and how it's less expensive and better DX to write APIs and deploy to a container **@palalet** · 0 upvotes > there is certain tradeoff, especially for companies - you pay for cloud, you dont need to worry about plenty of stuff. And many managers prefer this responsibility avoidance. And for many, its "easier", just a few clicks and you have some virtual service running, without the hassle of doing some apt-get, yum or rpm or whatever. > > On the other hand, there are COSTS. And significant. The more visits you have, you usually pay more. The more users, hits, data ... whatever, you pay more. Wanna add faster disks? You need to upgrade your CPU plan and pay more ... If you own your machine, your costs... **@jrmemeichelbeck** · 0 upvotes > What do you think of VPS? To me it's a valid middle-ground between serverless and a fully dedicated server. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why Many Engineers Don't Understand Serverless](https://daily.dev/posts/why-many-engineers-don-t-understand-serverless-ahzhbldme) · Serverless · 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 - [Unleashing the power of serverless for solo developers](https://daily.dev/posts/unleashing-the-power-of-serverless-for-solo-developers-mtlwashna) · Serverless · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#nixos](https://daily.dev/tags/nixos) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-changing-my-mind-about-serverless-pv6fxuhdp) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"I'm changing my mind about serverless","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-changing-my-mind-about-serverless-pv6fxuhdp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-changing-my-mind-about-serverless-pv6fxuhdp"},"datePublished":"2026-01-03T22:47:17.151Z","dateModified":"2026-01-03T22:47:38.874Z","description":"Serverless architectures may no longer be the default choice for most applications. 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And many managers prefer this responsibility avoidance. And for many, its “easier”, just a few clicks and you have some virtual service running, without the hassle of doing some apt-get, yum or rpm or whatever.\nOn the other hand, there are COSTS. And significant. The more visits you have, you usually pay more. The more users, hits, data … whatever, you pay more. Wanna add faster disks? You need to upgrade your CPU plan and pay more … If you own your machine, your costs are relatively constant. But you have to invest some time in security, upgrades and patches, and maintaining the whole thing.\nIf you can afford do spend $5k monthly on infrastructure, you should have solid infrastructure engineeer by now to take care of the stuff.","datePublished":"2026-01-05T10:11:22.134Z","dateModified":"2026-01-05T10:12:15.099Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/PV6fXuhdp#c-Cd9GywBxd","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Radek Havelka","url":"https://daily.dev/palalet","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ACNPEu-o8MElSN4ROMgrqyjqrarlLqksiGLna5TAfYA1Jw=s100"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"What do you think of VPS? To me it’s a valid middle-ground between serverless and a fully dedicated server.","datePublished":"2026-01-12T09:16:40.378Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/PV6fXuhdp#c-1Eu2g3REv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jérôme Meichelbeck","url":"https://daily.dev/jrmemeichelbeck","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JY0uVUtQ--/f_auto/v1727947731/avatars/avatar_BSQRVgqqRVVoABG3XWfb4"}}]} ```