AWS Essentials

Master core concepts with guided docs and AI explainers for difficult jargon.

Tier 1 · Mental Model3Tier 2 · Core Services12Tier 3 · Architecture Patterns8

Tier 1 · Mental Model

3 docs

AWS Mental Model

  • Regions, AZs & Global Infrastructure5 min read
  • IAM6 min read
  • VPC, Subnets & Security Groups8 min read

Tier 2 · Core Services

12 docs

Compute

  • EC2 — Elastic Compute Cloud7 min read
  • Lambda8 min read

Storage

  • S3 — Simple Storage Service8 min read

Databases

  • RDS — Relational Database Service8 min read
  • DynamoDB9 min read
  • ElastiCache9 min read

API & Traffic

  • Application Load Balancer7 min read
  • API Gateway9 min read

Messaging & Events

  • SQS — Simple Queue Service9 min read
  • SNS — Simple Notification Service8 min read
  • EventBridge9 min read

Observability

  • CloudWatch8 min read

Tier 3 · Architecture Patterns

8 docs
  • VPC Security9 min read
  • IAM Roles for Services8 min read
  • Caching Strategy9 min read
  • DynamoDB vs RDS8 min read
  • SQS vs SNS vs EventBridge8 min read
  • Scalable Web App on AWS8 min read
  • Serverless Architecture7 min read
  • Event-Driven Architecture8 min read