[robbyt]

Not from AWS, but what it sounds like you're asking for is better cohesion and more consistency between AWS products and services?

I've been an AWS customer for over 10 years, and have been asking them for this (on behalf of my enterprise customers). I'm always told "they're working on getting better" but they never really do.

Cloud formation features are inconsistent across products. Documentation is formatted and structured differently depending on the tool. The AWS web console is an ever changing grab-bag of new and old. Some products integrate well, other products feel like you're using an abandoned hack-week prototype.

Part of the reason that AWS is so great is how much it can do, and I think that's been made possible by the apparent level of autonomy the teams have. However, it's at the expense of the customer's experience.

[nerdjon]

I totally get that, and its for sure the reason I both love and hate AWS. They release things at a near breakneck speed.

I guess its more, if I had to choose one area of AWS that I wish there was a but more consistency it would be their deployment tools. It really just comes down to, when I start something it's almost an agonizing choice of what do I use since I am worried that I could get stuck in a box.

I don't know what the answer is, that is just my view of all of these tools.