We embraced AWS nearly 6 months ago. We had the occasional use before then, however this time we went all in. We learnt about VPC, proper multi-zone availability, made use of a dozen of services etc. It took about a week to grasp it all and apply it in Terraform (the AWS and Hashicorp docs were helpful and thorough). We were all extremely pleased with the outcome. That was until it came down to managing all those interconnected components.
We are now looking for a devops person simply because the AWS stack in its entirety is daunting. Yes, from experience it is possible to manage with just the software guys. However there's just too much going on. The more you use of AWS, the more difficult and demanding it becomes.
For all that was said, we don't regret moving to AWS (were previously on Rackspace).
We are now looking for a devops person simply because the AWS stack in its entirety is daunting. Yes, from experience it is possible to manage with just the software guys. However there's just too much going on. The more you use of AWS, the more difficult and demanding it becomes.
For all that was said, we don't regret moving to AWS (were previously on Rackspace).