Like: When I was taking an AWS certification class I sometimes got giddy with excitement thinking about how easily I could build anything at any scale, paying n

Like: When I was taking an AWS certification class I sometimes got giddy with excitement thinking about how easily I could build anything at any scale, paying no money down! Anything you need to create a technical product is there. Security can be complex but it is possible to enforce minimum access to every component in the architecture. Also, there are plenty of resources available online for AWS, both official and unofficial. Dislike: There is no truly safe way to experiment and play around, even in the free tier. I set up billing alerts, but even with that it can be tricky to identify exactly what is costing me money (EBS snapshots, NAT gateways, Route 53 hosted zones, etc)