Free services from the Giants: AWS
Introduction
The 2nd article of the series, we will be covering AWS free services.
AWS
Has the largest market share, AWS dominates cloud computing with their massive infrastructure and a myriad of service offerings. However the issue with AWS especially for the topic on this article which is about free services, I found AWS' not as interesting as Azure's.
For example: App Runner is AWS equivalent of Azure's App Services, however App Runner is not free!
Compute - EC2
Hands down one of the best medium to practice SSH into a virtual server in the cloud. If you haven't done that before, you need to do at least once just to experience it. Basically it's like starting a fresh install of an OS (I recommend using Linux: Debian or Ubuntu) and from there you install the necessary runtime and dependencies for the app you're deploying.
I highly recommmend EC2, though you need to carefully monitor its free quota because once you passed the quota limit then you'll start paying for the service.
Compute - Lambda
A quick summary:
AWS Lambda is a tool that lets you run code without worrying about servers. It automatically handles scaling and runs your code when something happens, like a file being uploaded or a database change. Lambda only charges you for the time your code runs.
It easily connects with other AWS services, making it simple to build apps that scale and work well. The main idea of Lambda is that you can focus on writing code instead of managing servers.
However I feel the need to setup Layers are a bit cumbersome and I quickly lost interest. It's supposed to be easy, but I found it to be a lot of hassle. If I want to deal with complexity, I would prefer to use EC2 instance instead!
Compute - App Runner
App Runner == Azure's App Services. The difference: App Runner is not free while App Services is free. This article only covers free services.