AWS does not use the exact same authn/authz/identity model or terminology as other providers, and for people familiar with other models, it's pretty non-trivial

AWS does not use the exact same authn/authz/identity model or terminology as other providers, and for people familiar with other models, it's pretty non-trivial to adapt to. I recently posted a rant about this to https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1geczoz/the_aws_iam_identity_center_is_decadent_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1geczoz/the_aws_iam_id... Personally I am more familiar with directly using API keys or auth tokens than AWS's IAM users (which are more similar to what I'd call "service accounts").