It used to be ‘do I have to use a VM’? These days I am trying to figure out solutions that start with functions. This so that I can avoid dealing with the entire container (and container orchestrator [Kubernetes]) ecosystems! Lately, I’ve been building out various examples (screenshot below) with GCP Cloud Functions.

It’s great to see the 2nd generation functions in GCP. The long list of associated Eventarc triggers (screenshot below shows part of the service list) to this function type really opens up the possibilities for rapid application development as well.

As always, I DO read the documentation. I find the Cloud Functions `Tips and Tricks` section particularly helpful as I am building out an example for a customer today.

Is it just me, or is GCP Cloud Logging just quietly getting better and better? I find myself using it nearly every day. Shown below is output from a function-based scenario that I am testing today.

What about you - are you using Cloud Functions? If so, share a tip or two!