What does NASA, SpaceX, and the Iowa Democratic caucus result tallying app have in common? They both have to make feature vs costs trade offs.  We go on to discuss when it makes sense to go serverless and when it doesn't (hint: it's not a binary decision)

Resources:

Iowa Democratic Caucus voting app woes:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-caucus-voting-app-android-testfairy-screenshots-app-store

Monolith's are the Future:
https://changelog.com/posts/monoliths-are-the-future