Azure Functions for ML ?

Functional programming in pure form implies no state and no side effects when called (since there is no state). Azure Functions (much like AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions) is a neat concept where you don't need any explicit infra, you just deploy a function and reference it via an endpoint (URI). During my search for the ultimate (aka, ultimately cheap/free) deployment for my ML models, I thought I would try this out since the pricing docs state a high free # of executions. Setup is easy, go to Azure Portal and run thru the usual "Create" and search for "Functions" Not well documented is that you have to install both the node package (npm install -g azure-functions-core-tools) and the python package via pip (pip install azure-functions) if you are coding in Python on Visual Studio Code. Some languages have an online editor within Azure Portal which is kind of nice (though kind of dangerous).