It's a Rube Goldberg machine wrapped behind simplified interfaces. As soon as things follow the happy path and the top-level interfaces cover your needs, it feels great. Once abstraction layers unavoidable leak, or you need to do something that was not catered for, you're venturing going down a deep labyrinth.
The OP is actually relatively simple and clean, though, compared to some other things I've seen.
yeah that was my worry but seems like it is based on CDK so perhaps you would end up hacking that layer but then I don't know really know and I would be gambling and I really don't like it.
I'm just amazed by how small problems are blown out of proportion to sell you an elaborate contraception....like a Rube Goldberg machine which is what this feels like.
what is wrong with just using SAM or aws chalice like we've always done? even looking at Laravel vapor (problems with cloudwatch logs)....all of it seems like a rube goldberg machine of sorts and this is why aws chalice has been my go to tool simply because A) it is written by AWS team B) it just spits out cloudformation, SAM, cdk C) stages like you are used to
"magical" here means sacrificing simplicity and overloading the developer with MORE rube goldberg machine on TOP of the stress from having to do "program in AWS" imho.
If you don't see the purpose of something adding complexity or abstraction layers, you most likely don't need it and shouldn't adopt it (yet). With the hopefully obvious caveat of some things relating to security, like firewalls and scoping capabilities. Start simple and look for solutions only once certain things become painpoints.
And as always - just because it is not the right choice for you right now does not mean it is "bad".
On the flip side, consider a small team spending hours every week doing fully manual deployments instead of automating at least parts of that.
Different people and orgs have different needs, and those can change over time. Learning to strike that balance and timing right is a hallmark of a great engineer IMO.
> also applies to the whole blockchain space.
It applies to everything. Blockchain can serve a purpose w.r.t. the security I alluded to above. Security in general is a tricky one as once you realize it's a problem, it may be too late to reconsider.
