It’s someone else’s servers

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WebTask.io runs Node 8 functions you deploy via a web editor or the WT CLI, with npm dependencies supported and endpoints that behave like Express routes. Pricing is per invocation (no idle charges); limits shown: a soft ~1 request/sec, 30s execution, up to 4 cron tasks and 400 KB JSON storage. Demos create HTTP endpoints, cron-triggered jobs and simple persistent storage, and each demo executes live from the editor/CLI.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:44What is serverless
3. 3:36Serverless platforms explained
4. 6:26Webtask.io demo
5. 12:50Cron jobs and hooks
6. 13:20Q&A

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