Using a DSL is tempting. I've found the AWS CLI best, and a lot of the time I think it's easier just to write a Ruby script using the SDK. This obviously doesn

Using a DSL is tempting. I've found the AWS CLI best, and a lot of the time I think it's easier just to write a Ruby script using the SDK. This obviously doesn't necessarily handle teardown very well, and it tends to be copying boilerplate and modifying it, but I find it the most straightforward thing, and simple, if a little verbose.