Containers are one of the most reliable ways to build and ship services, and AWS alone gives you more than a dozen ways to run them. Rather than walk the entire catalog, this note zooms in on one: AWS AppRunner — where it sits next to ECS, why it shines for small auto-scaling services, and a CloudFormation template to spin one up. First, a quick look at the popular ways to run containers on AWS:
S3's appeal isn't only durability — it's the range of storage tiers that let you trade retrieval time for cost. This note breaks down each S3 storage class and shows how to use Lifecycle Configuration to automatically transition objects between tiers as they age, so you keep availability where it matters and trim cost where it doesn't.
Infrastructure as code is second nature on AWS, and CloudFormation Parameters are what keep templates flexible across environments and stages. This note walks through defining and passing those parameters when deploying with the Serverless Framework — and why I reach for it over AWS SAM.