Back in my day, we had this feature on Windows Vista called ReadyBoost that took advantage of the low-latency of flash media to supplement our slow HDDs. I’m not sure if there was a direct replacement for this in the Linux world. There are filesystems that take advantage of faster tiers of storage, but different latency tier exploitation isn’t something that I know to be readily available.

Today, 2GB of USB flash is next to useless, but I would consider a homebrew rescue system to restore your backups and fix problems without needing to prepare an external flash drive.

What a shame. It’s probably my favorite tool on the platform.

It is (under targeted surveillance) and it isn’t (practical at scale). My wife works at a post office and they do occasionally comply with law enforcement’s lawful requests to monitor or search the contents of a person’s mail, but it’s quite rare. It’s manual work that takes time and effort per-package, risks detection, and typically requires a warrant. It’s just not cost effective compared to automated electronic methods unless you’ve really fucked up and they’re already onto you.

It really is such a cool concept. The autism in me hates the name though because there’s always a server. I wish it were called a “container-based service” or even just “containers” instead of serverless to be more direct. Perhaps even “web functions.”

There’s so much big talk about scale but really, scaling is not that important to 99% of businesses I’ve worked at. You’re not a startup. Your typical server has a huge amount of resources if managed appropriately. I guarantee and would bet money that you’ll never have a million users let alone a billion using your medical coding web app. Like, sit down!