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Limiting Cross-stack References in CDK

Several years ago I wrote CloudFormation Tips and Tricks, in which I gave the advice to “use outputs lavishly, exports sparingly.” The reason is that when you export a value from one stack and import it into another you bind those stacks tightly together, and can’t change that exported value. For example, you might create … Read More

Using the AWS CDK In Real Life

Another Charioteer rolls their own security camera system. This time in the cloud, with the shiny new AWS CDK.

Comparing Infrastructure Tools: A First Look at the AWS Cloud Development Kit

This post is a head-to-head comparison between CDK, Terraform, and CFNDSL, using a common task: managing the users and their roles in your AWS accounts.