[sho]

Technically you're right of course but I think you miss the broader point. AWS is ludicrously complicated and overkill for most startups, like a corner store implementing SAP. The problem is it's the gold standard for "cloud" and choosing anything else (apart from GCS, perhaps) attracts the need for justifications and, ultimately, unwelcome accountability. "Nobody ever got fired for [choosing AWS]".

I'd personally love it if AWS implemented a digital ocean-like "basic" interface which, realistically, covers 90% of startups' needs. Simple is good. If needed, they can switch over to "Fortune 500 mode" later.

[enraged_camel]

>> "Nobody ever got fired for [choosing AWS]".

"Hey Joe, the app you built for Goldberg Partners uses AWS right?"

"Yeah."

"What does it do on AWS again? Store some files?"

"Yeah, and a load balancer in front of a few containers that handle thumbnail generation for those images. Pretty standard stuff."

"I see. What was their pricing like?"

"Last time I checked, the billing page said something like $0.023 per GB for the first 50 TB or something like that, and $0.0116 per hour for the containers. I don't remember the load balancer pricing, but it should be pretty cheap, we don't have that much stuff on there."

"Interesting, okay. Can you explain why they sent us a bill for $10,372.77?"

[lentil]

> I'd personally love it if AWS implemented a digital ocean-like "basic" interface which, realistically, covers 90% of startups' needs. Simple is good.

Have you looked at Amazon Lightsail? It might be closer to what you're after.

https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/

[isostatic]

I use lightsail and route53. Oddly lightsail doesn’t show up on the “frequently accessed” shortcuts

[itomato]

Your startup on AWS is either capable of developing their platform in house or contracting one of many solution architects.

They may be so lean they exclusively run lambda jobs and host from S3. This is a 24 hour learning curve.