How do people make basic AWS sites so cost effectively? How do they limit users from making their budget insane? Am I missing something?

• lunr.js

  14 8,778 0.0 JavaScript

  A bit like Solr, but much smaller and not as bright

Also search results can be pre-indexed and stored in a Json file. Just as an example. https://lunrjs.com/

• serverless-website-analytics

  4 155 8.0 TypeScript

  A CDK construct that consists of a serverless backend, frontend and client side code to track website analytics

Check out https://github.com/rehanvdm/serverless-website-analytics for a real-world example. There is a costing section with a detailed spreadsheet of cost and an interesting section in the contribution about the architecture choices made.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• jamstack.org

  146 2,750 6.4 Nunjucks

  The official Jamstack site

  

You should check out JamStack. The premise is that the majority of your site is static content and you can push it out to CDNs that are frequently cheap or free.

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