Well this is why I suggested pre-running with Puppet and 'install' your code and dependencies into the AMI before saving it. That way you get the best of both w

Well this is why I suggested pre-running with Puppet and 'install' your code and dependencies into the AMI before saving it. That way you get the best of both worlds. Obviously if you have a setup with rapidly deployed code changes you'll want to have your puppet manifest grab the latest version before deploying live when spinning up a new instance.