Kensink Labs
Serverless architectureApplication Design Patterns8-week engagement
PATTERN · SERVERLESS

Serverless for spiky workloads. Edge-first, scale-to-zero, honest about limits.

No servers to manage, pay for what you use, and scale to zero. Serverless is excellent for spiky and event-driven workloads, and a poor fit for others. We know the difference.

Edge serverlessCloudflareAWS
Cycle
8 weeks · fixed price
Stack
Serverless
Output
Production code + eval suite
Handoff
Full source ownership
[THE SHORT VERSION]

Great for bursty work, watch the sharp edges.

Serverless removes server management and scales with demand, which is ideal for spiky, event-driven, or unpredictable load. The edges are cold starts, execution limits, and state handling. We design around them, often on Cloudflare's edge platform, and avoid serverless where a long-running process fits better.

When it fits
  • Spiky, seasonal, or unpredictable traffic
  • Event-driven and background processing
  • Teams wanting minimal operational overhead
When it does not
  • Long-running or stateful processes
[HOW WE BUILD IT]

How we build with Serverless architecture.

01

Scope and fit

We decide where Serverless architecture earns its place in your system, and where a simpler tool wins. No resume-driven architecture.

02

Build on a tested foundation

We integrate Serverless architecture against a foundation we trust: typed code, CI, and observability from the first commit. Boring infrastructure, modern surface.

03

Eval before launch

An eval suite proves the build behaves before it reaches a user. We measure, then ship.

04

Handoff with ownership

Your team gets the code, the tests, and a runbook. No lock-in to us or to a vendor framework.

[WHAT YOU GET]

What the engagement leaves behind.

Senior
Engineers who have shipped this before
100%
Source ownership at handoff
Eval-first
Tested before it ships
0
Framework lock-in
APPLIED K-FRAMEWORK

Bring the problem.
We’ll bring the build.

Senior engineers, eval suite at handoff, full source ownership. Sprint, program, or ongoing. We shape the engagement to the work.