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πŸ‘ What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing in which developers can provision deployment platforms to build applications. The underlying infrastructure of each platform is abstracted, meaning that users can expect pre-configured runtime environments and predictable scaling, storage, and security options. Users also have access to languages, libraries, tools, and services for application development, as well as a certain degree of control over configuration settings. However, they do not have the ability to modify the underlying operating system or network settings

PaaS can be a good choice for developers who don’t have the need to customize their underlying infrastructure or who want to focus their attention on development rather than DevOps and system administration.

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πŸ‘ Erin Glass
Erin Glass
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Open source advocate and lover of education, culture, and community.

πŸ‘ Mark Drake
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Former Technical Writer at DigitalOcean. Focused on SysAdmin topics including Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Databases, SQL and PostgreSQL.

Former Developer at DigitalOcean community. Expertise in areas including Ubuntu, Docker, Ruby on Rails, Debian, and more.

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