AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator

(github.com)

83 points | by super_linear 29 minutes ago

9 comments

  • CharlieDigital 24 minutes ago
    Skeptical of using because it's not clear whether this was just an exercise or a real product they are going to ship and maintain.

    Floci[0] has been great for me. Use the Testcontainers[1], too.

    Bonus: works for GCP and Azure, too (so far have only used in limited capacity, though).

    [0] https://floci.io/

    [1] https://testcontainers.com/modules/floci/

    • ke4qqq 19 minutes ago
      It’s a real product that we plan to maintain.
      • toomuchtodo 1 minute ago
        Until the plan changes, which at some point, it will. Comment is still appreciated for what it is.
      • dogleash 2 minutes ago
        Nothing personal, but unless you can link us to a public announcement made by Amazon, your statement is worth less than nothing.

        Official statements made by a company are still poor representations of their current business plans, and don't mean anything 3 months later (no matter how much they pinky promise). But a HN post isn't even that.

      • chaps 10 minutes ago
        We've all been burned to heck by AWS so, uh, why should we trust you based on just this comment?
  • super_linear 28 minutes ago
  • gateauxd 10 minutes ago
    Excited to see this develop and be a free replacement to localstack / similar providers.
  • stuff4ben 16 minutes ago
    Wonder if this could be considered a replacement for Ministack which itself was a vibe-code replacement of Localstack?
    • BorisMelnik 3 minutes ago
      looks like ministack made an announcment
  • sebmellen 17 minutes ago
    RIP LocalStack… can’t say I’d be unhappy to see it go though.
  • tonymet 13 minutes ago
    A mere 20 years too late. Now it’s faster to have AI mock your APIs for you. AI has been a boon for test coverage.
  • BorisMelnik 6 minutes ago
    ok who's gonna build the GUI / web console on top of it?
  • tptacek 16 minutes ago
    The title for this story should be "aws-emulator, from AWS".
  • rfgplk 18 minutes ago
    > AWS Finally Built

    Nope. Anthropics models did. Amazon is de facto obsolete, anyone with a bit of money and Claude on an API leash can replicate their entire business model, in days.

    • samrus 7 minutes ago
      Their business isnt making software, its providing compute. Thats not automatable until we have physical AI driven robots mining silicon and turning them into chips to put in datacenters
    • neuroelectron 12 minutes ago
      [flagged]
    • sebmellen 16 minutes ago
      OMG, you're correct! I just tried this prompt, and it worked:

      “Claude, make my LLC into the largest global logistics business and largest U.S. cloud provider overnight. Thanks.”

    • cmpxchg8b 15 minutes ago
      I don't see Claude building a data center. Amazon is in no way obsolete.
      • reactordev 8 minutes ago
        he thinks VMs come from nothing
    • ygjb 14 minutes ago
      Big 'i can build it in a weekend' energy.

      Nevermind the massive logistics and network infrastructure, enormous market position, etc.

      Sure, you can build something in a few days. Replicating their business model? Yeah. No.

      Call me when Claude can design, manufacture, ship, and build a data centre.

    • geraneum 10 minutes ago
      The current state of AI psychosis.