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24 alternatives to The Good Parts of AWS
A book by Daniel Vassallo and Josh Pschorr on AWS tech
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Good Parts of AWS launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Almost everything we know about AWS in a short digital book.
2019 · dvassallo.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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AWS Fundamentals▲152AWS for the real world, not for certifications
2023 · awsfundamentals.com · its alternatives →
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Gold Fig Checkup▲154Lighthouse for your AWS infra security and best practices
2021 · goldfiglabs.com · its alternatives →
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The Practical Security Checklist for Web Developers
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 6IW
Hi HN! During the last few years, I worked on a few applications built with Go, running on AWS Lambda. As I got to know the platform better, I started to find Go & Lambda to be a really productive combination. The applications were fast, and they ended up being much cheaper to run than what my team & I had built before. It’s probably not the best platform for _every_ application, but I was surprised at how much of our workload worked well on it. As we brought new engineers on to our team and helped them get up to speed with the stack, I found that we were covering a lot of the same topics…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Expert tips and best practices for working remotely
2020 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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All you need to know about writing APIs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How to grow, manage and work with remote teams
2016 · zapier.com · its alternatives →
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Do’s & don’ts for first-time founders building on AWS
2022 · guides.digger.dev · its alternatives →
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What programmers need to know about web servers.
2015 · book.serversforhackers.com · its alternatives →
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Avoid making bad book purchases
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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A detailed, technical, all encompassing web3 field guide
2022 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why Google fell behind AWS and Google's strategy to catch up
2016 · exponent.fm · its alternatives →
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The non-technical founder's tech guide
2022 · humblyarrogant.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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See when a book on Amazon.com is available on Oyster
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 23NS
2012 · hntopbooks.com · its alternatives →
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Amazon.com: The Read Aloud Cloud: An Innocent
2020 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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