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Serverless on Google Cloud: What You Can and Can’t Do | Issue #58

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hi there,

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You’ve probably heard that serverless is the easiest way to deploy code to the cloud. And on the surface, it is.

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With Google Cloud Functions, you can literally deploy a simple Python function like this:

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def hello(request):
return "Hello from Cloud!"

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A few lines of code. No servers. No infrastructure.
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But... there are quite a few limitations:

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  • No FastAPI or async support
  • One route per function
  • requirements.txt only, no pyproject.toml
  • Cold starts for large dependencies
  • No custom runtime or Docker image
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In this week’s video, I break down exactly what you can (and can’t) do with Google Cloud Functions, show a neat trick to support subroutes using Flask, and explain when you should consider alternatives like Cloud Run or Kubernetes.

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Happy coding!

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Cheers,

Arjan

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