Explore serverless microservices development using Google Cloud Functions in this conference talk. Learn to write small, single-purpose Node.js functions that execute quickly and automatically scale without managing servers or runtime environments. Discover how to deploy functions from GitHub, invoke them directly, and configure automatic responses to cloud events like file storage events and Pub/Sub messages. Gain insights into the goals of Google Cloud Functions through a high-level introduction and a practical, real-world example presented by Bret McGowen, a Google Cloud Platform team member with extensive experience in cloud technologies and software engineering.