https://www.bencode.io/categories/aws/ Recent content in Aws on Benny Simmonds Hugo -- 0.149.1 en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:52:00 +1000 https://www.bencode.io/posts/awscdk/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:52:00 +1000 https://www.bencode.io/posts/awscdk/ <h1 id="aws-cdk-architecture">AWS CDK Architecture</h1> <p>The CDK is essentially a <strong>code generator for CloudFormation</strong>. You write infrastructure in a real programming language (C#, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go), and CDK synthesizes it into CloudFormation templates that AWS then deploys. You&rsquo;re not replacing CloudFormation — you&rsquo;re getting a much nicer way to author it.</p> <h2 id="the-core-hierarchy">The Core Hierarchy</h2> <p>There are three layers of abstraction you&rsquo;ll encounter, and they nest inside each other:</p> <p><strong>App → Stack → Construct</strong></p>