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# AWS

AWS is genuinely pretty amazing for what it allows you to do. It also has a [generous free tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/).

## Interesting

* [AWS Aurora](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/) - MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud.
* [Amazon Lex](https://aws.amazon.com/lex/) - Conversational interfaces for your applications powered by the same deep learning technologies as Alexa.
* [AWS Lambda Layers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-layers.html)
* [AWS AppSync](https://aws.amazon.com/appsync/) - Power your applications with the right data, from one or more data sources, at global scale.
* [AWS Amplify](https://aws-amplify.github.io/) - Build on a flexible, scalable, and reliable serverless backend.
* [Amazon Neptune](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) - Fast, reliable graph database built for the cloud.
* [RDS Proxy](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/proxy/) - Fully managed, highly available database proxy for Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
* [AWS Honeycode](https://www.honeycode.aws/) - Build Web & Mobile Apps Without Writing Code. ([Announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-honeycode-build-web-mobile-apps-without-writing-code/)) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23633110))

## Links

* [AWS in plain English](https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english) - Great reference.
* [AWS practical guide](https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws)
* [AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit)](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk) - Framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code. ([Web](https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/)) ([AWS CDK Examples](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-cdk-examples))
* [Serverless Stack Toolkit (SST)](https://github.com/serverless-stack/serverless-stack) - Extension of AWS CDK that allows you to build serverless apps.
* [AWS Fargate Action](https://github.com/jessfraz/aws-fargate-action) - GitHub action to deploy to AWS Fargate on push to the master branch.
* [AWS Serverless Application Model](https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model) - Contains the SAM specification, the code that translates SAM templates into AWS CloudFormation stacks, general information about the model, and examples of common applications.
* [Kubernetes on AWS with Terraform](https://github.com/xuwang/kube-aws-terraform) - Kubernetes implementation using CoreOS on AWS platform.
* [Cloud Reports](https://github.com/tensult/cloud-reports) - Scans your AWS cloud resources and generates reports.
* [CloudMapper](https://github.com/duo-labs/cloudmapper) - Helps you analyze your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
* [AWS costs every programmer should know (2019)](https://david-codes.hatanian.com/2019/06/09/aws-costs-every-programmer-should-now.html) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20138409))
* [awless](https://github.com/wallix/awless) - Mighty CLI for AWS.
* [Easy Amazon EC2 Instance Comparison](https://ec2instances.info/)
* [Buildkite Elastic CI Stack](https://github.com/buildkite/elastic-ci-stack-for-aws) - Gives you a private, autoscaling Buildkite Agent cluster.
* [sqs-consumer](https://github.com/bbc/sqs-consumer) - Build Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) based applications without the boilerplate.
* [The $10m engineering problem (2019)](https://segment.com/blog/the-10m-engineering-problem/)
* [AWSume](https://github.com/trek10inc/awsume) - Utility for easily assuming AWS IAM roles from the command line.
* [Modern applications at AWS (2019)](https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2019/08/modern-applications-at-aws.html)
* [cw](https://github.com/lucagrulla/cw) - Best way to tail AWS CloudWatch Logs from your terminal.
* [The Good Parts of AWS book (2019)](https://gumroad.com/l/aws-good-parts)
* [Last Week in AWS](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/) - News and newsletter about latest offerings of AWS.
* [The Amazon Premium (2019)](http://calpaterson.com/amazon-premium.html) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21835366))
* [AWS Security Toolbox (AST) (2019)](https://zoph.me/posts/2019-12-16-aws-security-toolbox/)
* [AWS Glossary](https://github.com/sw-yx/aws-glossary)
* [AWS Cost Optimization 101 (2020)](https://cloudonaut.io/aws-cost-optimization-101)
* [Building a Serverless Podcast Search Engine on AWS (2019)](https://medium.com/@budilov/building-a-serverless-podcast-search-engine-on-aws-part-1-f6e58fbc3c06)
* [Architecting for the Cloud - AWS Best Practices (2019)](https://tlakomy.com/architecting-for-the-cloud-aws-best-practices-part-1/)
* [Bash-my-AWS](https://bash-my-aws.org/) - Simple but extremely powerful set of CLI commands for managing resources on Amazon Web Services. ([Code](https://github.com/bash-my-aws/bash-my-aws))
* [AWS Docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/)
* [Better Way to SSH in AWS (With RDS tunneling and security automation) (2020)](https://nullsweep.com/a-better-way-to-ssh-in-aws/)
* [Serverless Microservice Patterns for AWS (2019)](https://www.jeremydaly.com/serverless-microservice-patterns-for-aws/)
* [SSM Helpers](https://github.com/disneystreaming/ssm-helpers) - Help manage AWS systems manager with helpers.
* [The good parts of AWS - A visual summary (2020)](https://hassenchaieb.com/aws-good-parts/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22608106))
* [Amazon EKS workshop](https://github.com/pahud/amazon-eks-workshop)
* [Amazon SSM Agent](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent) - Agent to enable remote management of your Amazon EC2 instance configuration.
* [Amazon CodeGuru](https://aws.amazon.com/codeguru/) - Automate code reviews. Identify your most expensive lines of code. ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21695330))
* [LocalStack](https://github.com/localstack/localstack) - Fully functional local AWS cloud stack. ([Web](https://localstack.cloud/))
* [Punchcard](https://github.com/punchcard/punchcard) - Type-safe AWS infrastructure.
* [Infrastructure as Code on AWS in a familiar language — the right way with InGraph (2020)](https://read.acloud.guru/infrastructure-as-code-on-aws-in-a-familiar-language-the-right-way-ingraph-63a8fb4cfff)
* [AWS Data Wrangler](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-data-wrangler) - Pandas on AWS.
* [AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://wa.aws.amazon.com/index.en.html)
* [aws-api-tools](https://github.com/jaypipes/aws-api-tools) - Tools to explore and transform AWS service APIs.
* [Kubernetes Daemonset to gracefully handle EC2 instance shutdown](https://github.com/aws/aws-node-termination-handler)
* [AWS CDK RFCs](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-rfcs)
* [AWS AppSync GraphQL Photo Sample](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-amplify-graphql)
* [AWS Icons for PlantUML](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml)
* [Simple storage pricing calculator for AWS](https://www.duckbillgroup.com/aws-super-simple-storage-calculator/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22971656))
* [S3Proxy](https://github.com/gaul/s3proxy) - Access other storage backends via the S3 API.
* [saws](https://github.com/donnemartin/saws) - Supercharged AWS command line interface.
* [AWS Go SDK](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2) ([version 1](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go))
* [AWS Python SDK](https://github.com/boto/boto3) ([botocore - low-level, core functionality of boto 3](https://github.com/boto/botocore))
* [AWS JS SDK](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3)
* [AWS Haskell SDK](https://github.com/brendanhay/amazonka/)
* [Amazon EKS User Guide](https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-eks-user-guide)
* [HN: AWS EC2 General Price Cut (2020)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23129730)
* [AWS Services You Should Avoid (2020)](https://medium.com/teamzerolabs/5-aws-services-you-should-avoid-f45111cc10cd) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23131449))
* [Getting started with serverless on AWS (2020)](https://emshea.com/post/serverless-getting-started)
* [AWS Networking 101 (2020)](https://blog.ipspace.net/2020/05/aws-networking-101.html)
* [VPC Studio](https://houqp.github.io/vpcstudio/) - VPC CIDR calculator with codegen. ([Code](https://github.com/houqp/vpcstudio))
* [AWS services explained in one line each (2020)](https://adayinthelifeof.nl/2020/05/20/aws.html) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23309269))
* [Awesome Amazon EKS](https://github.com/realvz/awesome-eks)
* [cloud-nuke](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/cloud-nuke) - Tool for cleaning up your cloud accounts by nuking (deleting) all resources within it.
* [Odin](https://github.com/coinbase/odin) - Deploy your 12-factor-applications to AWS easily and securely.
* [Map Of Computing Architectures for AWS (2020)](https://moca.computingarchitectures.com/en/~hello-world/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497325))
* [AWS notes](https://www.notion.so/AWS-a5192e36ddc74aecb1e8c1ea9221a1e0)
* [AWS Activate for Startups](https://aws.amazon.com/activate/) - Offers startups free tools, resources, and more to quickly get started on AWS.
* [Policy Sentry](https://github.com/salesforce/policy_sentry) - IAM Least Privilege Policy Generator and analysis database.
* [Build an App with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (2020)](https://egghead.io/courses/build-an-app-with-the-aws-cloud-development-kit)
* [Amazon ECS Container Agent](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent)
* [AWS Solutions Constructs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-solutions-constructs-a-library-of-architecture-patterns-for-the-aws-cdk/) - Library of Architecture Patterns for the AWS CDK.
* [How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue (2020)](https://www.sankalpjonna.com/posts/our-aws-bill-is-2-of-revenue-heres-how-we-did-it) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23666999))
* [Looking to reduce AWS EC2 spend? Save up to $750k with these guidelines! (2020)](https://medium.com/@kavehkhorram/looking-to-reduce-your-aws-costs-save-up-to-750k-with-these-guidelines-e2e6666be912)
* [S3 Bucket Monitoring](https://cronitor.io/s3-monitoring) - Ensure private buckets stay private and public buckets are correct.
* [The Extended AWS Security Ramp-Up Guide (2020)](https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/04/24/the-extended-aws-security-ramp-up-guide/)
* [Usage](https://www.usage.ai/) - Reduce your AWS spend. With no risk. 44% average savings. ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23776894))
* [Top 5 Things to Learn First with AWS and How to Get Started with Amazon Web Services (2020)](https://www.colbyfayock.com/2020/07/top-5-things-to-learn-first-with-aws-and-how-to-get-started-with-amazon-web-services)
* [Ask HN: How can I quickly trim my AWS bill? (2020)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23798347)
* [Designing a scalable API on AWS spot instances (2020)](https://blog.adapty.io/designing-scalable-api-on-aws-stop-instance/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23925783))
* [AWS Tagging Best Practices](https://www.cloudforecast.io/blog/aws-tagging-best-practices/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24132528))
* [Using ProxyCannon-NG to Create Unlimited Rotating Proxies (2020)](https://iamstoxe.com/posts/using-proxycannon-ng-to-create-unlimited-rotating-proxies/)
* [AWS Stash](https://awsstash.com/) - Collection of AWS related videos, podcasts, code repositories, whitepapers, and feature releases, all in a single, easy to search interface.
* [AWS Boilerplate](https://github.com/apptension/aws-boilerplate) - Opinionated full stack web app's boilerplate, ready to be deployed to AWS platform.
* [AWS CDK Intro Workshop](https://cdkworkshop.com/) ([Code](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-cdk-intro-workshop))
* [Tips and Gotchas for managing your AWS Costs (2020)](https://www.taggun.io/tips-and-gotchas-for-managing-your-aws-cloud-costs)
* [AWS Video Catalog](https://awsvideocatalog.com/)
* [AWS Perspective](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/aws-perspective/) - Quickly visualizes AWS Cloud workloads as architecture diagrams. ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24552779)) ([Code](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-perspective))
* [Open AWS Catalogue](https://aws.dendron.so/) - Reference of all things AWS. ([Code](https://github.com/dendronhq/catalogue-open-aws))
* [AWS for the rest of us (2020)](https://technically.dev/posts/aws-for-the-rest-of-us)
* [Bucket Stream](https://github.com/eth0izzle/bucket-stream) - Find interesting Amazon S3 Buckets by watching certificate transparency logs.
* [Granularity levels in AWS IAM policies (2020)](https://advancedweb.hu/granularity-levels-in-aws-iam-policies/)
* [AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode) - Extension for working with AWS services such as AWS Lambda.
* [AWS Copilot CLI](https://github.com/aws/copilot-cli) - Tool for developers to build, release and operate production ready containerized applications on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
* [Top 5 AWS EC2 Performance Problems (2020)](https://www.datadoghq.com/pdf/top_5_aws_ec2_performance_problems_ebook.pdf) - How to detect them, why they occur and how to resolve them.
* [Awesome CDK](https://github.com/kolomied/awesome-cdk)
* [Where to Start with AWS as a Developer (2020)](https://www.samjulien.com/where-to-start-with-aws-as-a-developer)
* [AWS Cost Comparison Tool](https://github.com/rocketmiles/aws-cct)
* [My AWS toolbox - tools, plugins and applications (2020)](https://betterdev.blog/my-aws-toolbox/)
* [Amazon ECR Docker Credential Helper](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper)
* [Amazon EKS Helm charts](https://github.com/aws/eks-charts)
* [AWS Community Builders](https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/community-builders/) - Program offers technical resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities.
* [AWS Secure Environment Accelerator](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-secure-environment-accelerator) - Tool designed to help deploy and operate secure multi-account AWS environments on an ongoing basis.
* [AWS Serverless Workshops](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-serverless-workshops)
* [Cachenator](https://github.com/adrianchifor/cachenator) - Distributed, sharded in-memory cache and proxy for S3.
* [Digger](https://alpha.digger.dev/Digger-7f299819b6f2415fbe67b87a0e7ca97c) - CLI to set up container environments in AWS.
* [Grafana dashboards for AWS CloudWatch](https://github.com/monitoringartist/grafana-aws-cloudwatch-dashboards)
* [7777](https://port7777.com/) - Your remote AWS database on your local port 7777. ([Docs](https://github.com/whilenull/7777-support))
* [Learn AWS Blog](https://www.learnaws.org/)
* [CloudNews](https://www.cloudnews.dev/) - Never miss important AWS news. Newsletter.
* [AWS List All](https://github.com/JohannesEbke/aws_list_all) - List all your AWS resources, all regions, all services.
* [AWS Perspective](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-perspective) - Tool that quickly visualizes AWS Cloud workloads as architecture diagrams. ([Web](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/aws-perspective/))
* [AWS Proton sample templates](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-proton-sample-templates)
* [ConsoleMe](https://github.com/Netflix/consoleme) - Consolidates the management of multiple AWS accounts into a single interface.
* [CDK Patterns](https://github.com/cdk-patterns/serverless) - AWS Serverless architecture patterns built with CDK for developers to use. ([Web](https://cdkpatterns.com/))
* [AWS Deployment Framework](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-deployment-framework) - Extensive and flexible framework to manage and deploy resources across multiple AWS accounts and regions within an AWS Organization.
* [aws-cli](https://github.com/aws/aws-cli) - Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services.
* [AWS CLI Cheat Sheet](https://github.com/eon01/AWS-CheatSheet)
* [Vantage](https://www.vantage.sh/) - Alternative AWS console, focused on user experience and cost transparency. ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25750807))
* [Pacu](https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu) - AWS exploitation framework, designed for testing the security of Amazon Web Services environments.
* [aws-nuke](https://github.com/rebuy-de/aws-nuke) - Remove all resources from an AWS account.
* [superwerker](https://github.com/superwerker/superwerker) - Automates the setup of an AWS Cloud environment with prescriptive best practices.
* [AWS as a Framework (2021)](https://medium.com/galvanize/aws-as-a-framework-9abd2b1f6dc1)
* [Moto](https://github.com/spulec/moto) - Mock AWS Services.
* [Amazon EC2 Metadata Mock](https://github.com/aws/namazon-ec2-metadata-mock) - Tool to simulate Amazon EC2 instance metadata.
* [Remote Debugging in AWS (2021)](https://thenewstack.io/remote-debugging-in-aws-the-missing-link-in-your-debugging-toolset/)
* [AWS Workshops](https://workshops.aws/)
* [AWS Compute Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/)
* [AWS CloudFormation Sample Templates](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-templates)
* [GitHub Action to Deploys AWS CloudFormation Stacks](https://github.com/aws-actions/aws-cloudformation-github-deploy)
* [VS Code CloudFormation Linter](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cfn-lint-visual-studio-code) - Uses cfn-lint to lint your CloudFormation templates.
* [Awesome CloudFormation](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/awesome-cloudformation)
* [SenseDeep](https://www.sensedeep.com/) - Serverless Monitoring and Troubleshooting. ([GitHub](https://github.com/sensedeep))
* [Amazon EC2 Instance Selector](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector) - CLI tool and go library which recommends instance types based on resource criteria like vcpus and memory.
* [AWS Pricing Calculator](https://calculator.aws/#/) - Estimate the cost for your architecture solution.
* [AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Essentials - E-Learning Notes](https://github.com/kennethleungty/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes)
* [Alternatives to AWS](https://www.curabase.com/org/curabase/alternatives-to-aws)
* [AWS Cheat Sheets](https://tutorialsdojo.com/aws-cheat-sheets/)
* [saml2aws](https://github.com/Versent/saml2aws) - CLI tool which enables you to login and retrieve AWS temporary credentials using a SAML IDP.
* [AWS Quick Starts](https://aws-quickstart.github.io/) - Quick Start Contributor's Guide. ([Code](https://github.com/aws-quickstart/quickstart-superwerker))
* [How they AWS](https://github.com/upgundecha/howtheyaws)
* [What’s New at AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/new/)


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