9 engineers on Hacker News describe using Azure Functions first-hand: 4 endorse it, 2 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“Microsoft did not expect code to just work and not need to be redeployed for that long.”
regret · production · Kwpolska · 2025-12-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Github Actions->Azure Functions is pretty much the end game CI/CD experience for me.”
endorse · production · bob1029 · 2023-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We use Microsoft Auth to authenticate access to our HttpTrigger functions. We take a dep on IClaimsPrincipal right in the request”
endorse · production · bob1029 · 2023-12-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We run Azure Function apps directly to public traffic and the experience is really nice & simple.”
endorse · production · bob1029 · 2023-11-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“A memorable example is when we ran a heavy Azure Functions workload on our App Service Plan, the hosts would devour themselves.”
regret · production · spiffytech · 2023-10-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Haven't had issues with Azure functions, though DI is wonky in them if you try to build anything complex”
mixed · production · throw1234651234 · 2021-09-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We migrated from containers to serverless (Azure Functions in our case). This removed a large amount of complexity from our architecture and we are pleased with the result.”
endorse · production · BaronSamedi · 2020-08-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Azure Container Functions which don't come with UV”
neutral · production · Quothling · 2025-12-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we support three types of custom code skills... We run these in Azure Functions.”
neutral · production · haacked · 2022-07-25 · source ↗ · wrong label?