Learn how Vercel builds and deploys serverless applications. Vercel's platform provides speed, reliability, and the convenience of not having to worry about setting up and maintaining your own infrastructure. But what exactly goes on behind the scenes when we deploy our projects to Vercel, and what happens when you make a request to a site on the platform? This post will go behind the scenes, explaining how Vercel builds and deploys serverless applications for maximum scalability, performance, and fast iterations. Link to heading Building and deploying any framework Deployments start with code written in one of the over 35 frameworks supported by Vercel, or by using the Build Output API . Deployments can be created through the Vercel CLI or by pushing code to your git repository. The Vercel Git integration automatically listens for your commit and triggers a new deployment. A deployment process triggered from the CLI starts with two API requests: Link to heading 1.…