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by ctvo 929 days ago
> Compare that to AWS Lambda: 1. build you code, 2. pack into a zip file, 3. make sure the S3 bucket exists, 4. upload the zip to the bucket, 5. deploy lambda, 6. update API gateway... And don't even get me started on Cloudfront - every change takes like 5min to apply.

For AWS are you aware of SAM for CloudFormation[1]? The CDK[2]? You picked the best representation of Cloudflare (via `wrangler.toml`) but the worst representation for AWS of the developer experience. `cdk deploy` is pretty seamless and similar to `wrangler deploy` [3].

1 - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/lat...

2 - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/home.html

3 - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/serverless_example....
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no_wizard 929 days ago
The CDK is incredibly Byzantine and assumes you have a lot of in depth knowledge of AWS services.

I can learn Cloudflare workers in a few hours by contrast.

I hate the CDK because it’s a terrible undisciplined undiscoverable interface to their services.

I wish AWS wasn’t everyone’s default cloud choice, it’s DX is horrendous

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