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Practical guides on building and shipping SaaS products on AWS serverless — the architecture, the trade-offs, and how to move faster with an AI coding agent.
Are There Boilerplates That Integrate Out-of-the-Box with AWS CDK?
Yes — but most “CDK boilerplates” only ship a token config file. Here’s what real out-of-the-box AWS CDK integration looks like, a checklist to spot it, and a template that defines its entire stack in CDK.
The Best AWS Services for a Serverless SaaS in 2026
The serverless-first AWS services worth building a SaaS on in 2026 — Lambda, Aurora DSQL, Cognito, API Gateway, CloudFront and the rest of the stack cdkbase deploys — plus the always-on services to avoid.
What It Costs to Run a Serverless SaaS on AWS (~$0.50/Month Idle)
A serverless SaaS that scales to zero costs almost nothing when no one is using it. Here is the honest, line-by-line breakdown of an idle AWS environment — and the one thing that isn’t free.
AWS Lambda Explained: Pricing, Cold Starts, and When to Use It
What AWS Lambda is, how its pay-per-request pricing actually works, why cold starts happen and how to tame them, and where serverless functions are — and aren’t — the right fit.
Why Use a Boilerplate When AI Can Write Code? A Head Start, Not a Constraint
If an AI agent can generate anything, why start from a template? Because a good boilerplate isn’t a cage — it’s a head start the agent builds on, saving tokens, context, and the parts you don’t want a model improvising.
Template vs. Framework: Why a Boilerplate You Own Beats One You Depend On
A framework sits between you and the platform; a template is code you own outright. Why cdkbase minimizes dependencies and abstractions — using the AWS SDK directly instead of Amplify — and when a framework is still the right call.
Aurora DSQL Explained: Serverless Postgres That Scales to Zero
What Amazon Aurora DSQL actually is, how its active-active distributed design differs from RDS and Aurora Serverless, and when it is — and is not — the right database.
AWS CDK vs Terraform vs SST: Picking IaC for Serverless in 2026
CDK, Terraform, and SST each model serverless infrastructure differently. A grounded comparison of the trade-offs — typing, drift, blast radius, and AI-agent ergonomics.
How to Build a SaaS on AWS Serverless: The 2026 Stack
A practical, opinionated guide to shipping a SaaS on AWS serverless in 2026 — auth, database, API, billing, and frontends — and the boilerplate that wires it together.