Ask HN: What mistakes did you make when using AWS for the first time?

Hello Everyone,

I'm documenting the common mistakes beginners make when using AWS for the first time.

Here are some of the most common mistake I have noticed so far:- - Forgetting to delete resources that are no longer needed - Accidentally deleting wrong resources - Misconfiguring S3 buckets - Enabling public access to RDS

What's yours?

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rshnotsecure 5y ago ↗

CloudFormation instead of Terraform.

potta_coffee 5y ago ↗

Can you elaborate some?

zwayhowder 5y ago ↗

Not treating resources as cattle. I ended up having to maintain a fragile pet for too long that cost me much more than replacing it would have.

speedgoose 5y ago ↗

Not me yet but I have seen it twice, pushing a AWS secret key to a public git repository.

GoldenMonkey 5y ago ↗

You need to use Serverless. This will make everything easier for you. You code the Script to standup the AWS resources.

This will avoid manually adding/removing resources.

https://www.serverless.com

[dead] oldschoolrobot 5y ago ↗

Yes. Serverless is the way to go

fiftyacorn 5y ago ↗

How does it compare to cdk?

Michael_Sieb 5y ago ↗

We did't use all the free credits that are available all over the place. Like this one from Segment https://segment.com/industry/startups/

mraza007 5y ago ↗

Forgetting to turn off ec2 instances and then I realized when a got a bill I quickly deleted it