# Why Microservices Can Use Serverless Functions Instead of Socket Servers

DevFeed: [Why Microservices Can Use Serverless Functions Instead of Socket Servers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/end-the-obsession-with-servers-15209.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/end-obsession-with-servers>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2025-05-07T12:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [simplicity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simplicity.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that microservices do not always need full socket servers and recommends serverless functions as a simpler alternative with less security and operational burden.

## Source excerpt

Why continue in the dogma that every microservice needs a full-on socket server? Why shoulder more burden, both security-wise and operationally, than we need to? Simplicity is a virtue. We should embrace the new generation of serverless functions.