Reducing OpenFaaS Clojure Template Build Times

Posted on February 8, 2019
Last updated on May 3, 2020

One of my concerns about the OpenFaaS Clojure Template has been that it takes a very long time to build and package a function. This is largely due to the fact that none of the Clojure project dependencies are cached between builds. The template downloads a fresh copy of each dependency for every build. [Read more]

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Versioning Functions with the OpenFaaS Clojure Template

Posted on February 1, 2019

Versioning functions can be extremely useful when building systems that are deployed into multiple environments or that change over time. Being able to query an environment for a version of a function enables you to quickly understand why behavior might be different across many environments. Also, having a version associated... [Read more]

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Introducing the OpenFaaS Clojure Template

Posted on January 25, 2019

As a developer, I find the promise of serverless attractive because it would allow me to focus on building my applications without worrying about many of the deployment details. OpenFaaS is an open-source serverless framework that works with Docker and Kubernetes, and it makes developing and deploying functions a breeze... [Read more]

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