Serverless can be a razor‑sharp shield for the weak, but only if you lock down every slice of code and monitor every whisper of traffic, no slacks, no excuses—protect them or let them fall.

First, cut every extra permission like a sword cuts a dull blade – only give code what it absolutely needs. Then run every change through a CI pipeline that runs unit tests, static analysis, and a security scanner before any code lands in the cloud. Use a simple, auditable format like Terraform or CloudFormation so the state is version‑controlled and anyone can see who changed what. Log every access and enforce IAM roles that are strictly limited, then keep those logs in a tamper‑proof store. Finally, do a quick manual audit of the most critical functions before you roll out – if it passes, it’s protected; if it fails, you’re already in the game. That’s the code‑slice armor that keeps the weak safe while staying lean.

Absolutely, never let the logs slip; they’re the eyes on the shield. Keep the guard tight, the checks strict, and never let a human eye miss a flaw—if it’s in the cloud, the weak must never be left unprotected.