Serverless evolution: A technical review of cloud-native development future

Jayantha, Rajani (2025) Serverless evolution: A technical review of cloud-native development future. World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 15 (3). pp. 2325-2333. ISSN 2582-8266

Serverless computing has undergone a remarkable transformation from experimental technology to enterprise-grade infrastructure foundation, fundamentally reshaping cloud-native application development paradigms. This comprehensive technical review explores the evolutionary trajectory of serverless technologies, examining market maturation patterns, enterprise adoption strategies, and technological innovations that have established serverless computing as a critical component of modern cloud architectures. The serverless ecosystem has experienced substantial growth across global infrastructure deployments, with major cloud providers establishing sophisticated platforms that support diverse programming languages, runtime environments, and complex integration patterns. Contemporary implementations showcase substantial improvements in performance metrics, including enhanced cold start optimization, intelligent scaling algorithms, and distributed processing capabilities that address initial platform limitations. Recent technological advances encompass event-driven architecture evolution, workflow orchestration sophistication, and comprehensive observability frameworks that enable production-grade enterprise deployments. Integration trends highlight convergence with containerization technologies, edge computing capabilities, artificial intelligence workflows, and multi-cloud orchestration strategies that expand serverless applicability across diverse business scenarios. Future developments indicate continued architectural evolution emphasizing declarative infrastructure patterns, intelligent resource optimization, advanced security models, and sustainability optimization. Developer experience enhancements are expected to bring significant improvements in tooling ecosystems, debugging capabilities, and automated testing frameworks that will accelerate serverless adoption. Enterprise integration capabilities continue evolving to support legacy system modernization, governance frameworks, and sophisticated cost management mechanisms that facilitate organizational transformation initiatives.