Notes on AWS
Study notes, field reports, and the CDK stacks I wish I'd had on day one. Written as I work through the parts of AWS that only make sense after they break.
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Fixed versus variable costs, the hidden expenses of owning servers, licensing choices, and right-sizing — the cost concepts the Cloud Practitioner exam actually tests.
A plain-English walkthrough of the six Well-Architected pillars, the Well-Architected Tool, and how they connect to real design decisions.
The seven common strategies for moving an application to AWS, and the AWS services that support planning, moving, and validating a migration.
How AWS pay-as-you-go pricing works, the tools that help you estimate and track spending, and what each AWS Support plan actually offers.
How CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and Organizations work together to keep AWS accounts visible, compliant, and under control.
