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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.

## 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#readme)
* [AWS Cloud Development Kit](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cdk#readme) - Framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code.
* [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))
* [AWS SDK for Go](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go)
* [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#readme)
* [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/)
* [Awesome AWS Amplify](https://github.com/dabit3/awesome-aws-amplify#readme)
* [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/)
* [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2)
* [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.