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Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by eandre »

hlandau wrote: post #3

Is this a joke? I feel like this is a parody of AWS, and the notion of using as many AWS services as possible to make something otherwise simple.

Unfortunately not – this is what building modern cloud based software is like! This software complexity crisis is what we're trying to fix with Encore [1], if you're interested.

[1] https://encore.dev

Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by itprofessional4 »

esseti wrote: post #7
stemuk wrote: post #4

I have been creating most of my infrastructure diagrams in https://arcentry.com/ and this seems to me like an overcomplicated version of Arcentry.

any good alternative? the service looks neat, but it has been discontinued

draw.io is a good alternative . By default it does not show icon for cloud services but if you click on "More Shapes" option at bottom left, you can add AWS,Azure and GCP and create all sorts for architecture diagrams. Plus, it is opensource and can run your own self hosted draw.io app from github.

Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by scarface74 »

codefined wrote: post #5
techdragon wrote: post #2

I love diagrams and pay for CloudCraft so I’m no stranger to the value of good diagram tools. But I looked at that cloud formation design and immediately thought “crap that’s probably going to cost way too much to run”. Anyone got a good up to date cloud formation to dollars per month tool and want to estimate it? (I’m on a mobile at the moment)

The only service that appears to cost a flat fee is 'Amazon Neptune', which on the cheapest plan costs ~10 cents an hour or ~$70/month. I imagine all the other costs (e.g. S3, Fargate, API Gateway, CloudFront) are negligible in comparison.

The ElasticSearch cluster is a fixed cost also.

Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by amadeuspagel »

eandre wrote: post #11
hlandau wrote: post #3

Is this a joke? I feel like this is a parody of AWS, and the notion of using as many AWS services as possible to make something otherwise simple.

Unfortunately not – this is what building modern cloud based software is like! This software complexity crisis is what we're trying to fix with Encore [1], if you're interested. [1] https://encore.dev

Your demo[1] returns a 502 error.

[1]: https://play.encore.dev/

Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by Hnrobert42 »

hlandau wrote: post #3

Is this a joke? I feel like this is a parody of AWS, and the notion of using as many AWS services as possible to make something otherwise simple.

Not to mention this is something for which AWS already has all the data. They should just be providing this diagram as a free part of the AWS experience.

Re: Visualize AWS Cloud Diagrams

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Post by jonbronson »

esseti wrote: post #7
stemuk wrote: post #4

I have been creating most of my infrastructure diagrams in https://arcentry.com/ and this seems to me like an overcomplicated version of Arcentry.

any good alternative? the service looks neat, but it has been discontinued

Lucidchart Cloud Insights is another player in this space. Full disclosure, I'm part of the team that created it: https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/lucidchart-cloud-insights
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