ec2 alpine on t3.small boots in 30 seconds. 45 seconds for spot. default-like vpc with public subnets and internet gateway is fine. zero trust. route53 health

ec2 alpine on t3.small boots in 30 seconds. 45 seconds for spot. default-like vpc with public subnets and internet gateway is fine. zero trust. route53 health checks and returns up to 8 hosts in random order. to the gp’s point, using aws sdk to manage ec2 is shockingly easy. a lambda on a 1 minute timer with an aws sdk runs circles around autoscaling groups et al.