Serverless Functions

This project uses Netlify serverless functions, which always deploy server-side code as API endpoints and spun up automatically when triggered by an event. Using Netlify functions creates a seamless workflow that allows you to write and test your functions locally. Why use serverless? Serverless is a cheaper option when your app does not have a lot of traffic. The power of the serverless choice allows a small business to leverage third-party services, and this small project showcases some of these simple services. Finally, there is a place where serverless functions would shine less brightly. The maximum timeout of 5 minutes on functions will not be suitable for serverless functions. If your code takes longer than 5 minutes to return a response, it's better suited to run in a long-running container. Serverless functions are also stateless and do not maintain to mitigate that a server would be the better option.