Serverless (aka FaaS) Computing With Swift

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Shows a working Swift function deployed to IBM Cloud Functions (OpenWhisk) using the QuickStart templates and the IBM catalog, with a live Swift runtime on IBM Cloud Functions demo that returns greetings and successfully compiles and invokes. Demonstrates cold start ~3–5s then warm <10ms, explains pricing math (0.5 GB × 1s: 50k calls ≈ $0.43, 5M calls ≈ $42/month), and notes limitations: short executions only, 5–10s max, containers or VMs needed for long jobs. Bottles offered as incentive for following the repo.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:50What is serverless
3. 3:20Pricing model
4. 6:54Cloud stack comparison
5. 8:18Use cases and examples
6. 10:29Demo setup
7. 13:28Swift function deployment
8. 16:38Benefits and conclusion

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