The document discusses serverless architectures and function as a service (FaaS) platforms. It provides an overview of FaaS implementations from Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. Key benefits of FaaS include pay per use pricing, automatic scaling, and eliminating the need to manage servers. Challenges include limitations on runtimes and resource usage as well as vendor lock-in. The document argues that FaaS fulfills the definition of microservices and could replace traditional container-based microservice architectures.