AWS

AWS is our infrastructure backbone. EC2 for compute, RDS for databases, S3 for storage, CloudFront for CDN, SES for email, VPC for network isolation. We pick the right service for each job instead of forcing everything into a single pattern.

Infrastructure as code with Terraform or CDK means your entire environment is version-controlled, reproducible, and auditable. No clicking through the AWS console and hoping you remember what you changed. Every change goes through a pull request.

We design for reliability: multi-AZ deployments, automated backups with tested restore procedures, health checks, and auto-scaling that responds to actual load patterns. Downtime is expensive, and our infrastructure reflects that.

Cost optimization is ongoing. Reserved instances for predictable workloads, spot instances for batch jobs, right-sizing based on actual utilization metrics, and alerts when spending deviates from expected patterns. We review AWS bills monthly and find savings.

Security starts with the architecture: private subnets, security groups, IAM roles with least privilege, encrypted storage, and VPN access for administrative tasks. We follow AWS Well-Architected Framework principles because they work.