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The biggest issue with CF and CDK is the lack of support for features when they launch in the CLI and WebConsole. One controversial opinion: I feel AWS should
by yazaddaruvala 5y ago
The biggest issue with CF and CDK is the lack of support for features when they launch in the CLI and WebConsole.
One controversial opinion: I feel AWS should reduce surface area and deprecate the CLI in favor of CDK (requiring CDK support for launching a new service and/or feature). To emulate the deprecated AWS CLI, developers can write/edit "CDK scripts" that are uploaded via an AWS CLI-lite.
Disclaimer: I work at Amazon, but not on AWS and have no insight or influence over anything AWS does. Please read this as "just another developer who uses AWS".
- philliphaydon 5y agoAh I just can't get into the CDK. I much prefer just writing the JSON Cloudformation and executing it via the cli...
- robertkoss 5y agoSame, I'd love to see more support on Cloudformation and projects like SAM
- dkdk8283 5y agoYes the CDK is a major step backwards. Just because you can reduce reuse doesn’t mean you should. Operations is an exercise in complexity management, not feeling smart.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoSure, I’m happy for other people to use CF over CDK. I mostly mean to say AWS doesn’t need a full featured CLI. Devs should just use CF/CDK through a CLI-lite. That also force AWS to block feature launches till CF supports them.