Cloud Architecture for Static React / TypeScript Sites (a.k.a. The Great “Don’t Break the Internet” Plan)

If you’ve ever shipped a static React or TypeScript site and thought, “It’s just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — how hard can this be?”, you’re already halfway to chaos. The other half begins the moment you try to host it “properly.” That’s when AWS shows up with 43 different ways to serve a PNG file, each with … Read more

Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Brain: Shipping Apps on AWS Without Losing Yours

Product page • Developer guide • Pricing (itself is $0; you pay for the resources) If cloud deployment ever made you feel like you were trying to assemble a jet engine with an Allen wrench, welcome. Elastic Beanstalk (EB) is AWS’s “hold my coffee, I got this” platform that takes your code and spins up … Read more

How to Run Multiple WordPress and PHP Sites on AWS Without Losing Your Mind

So, you want to run multiple PHP and WordPress sites on AWS. Good news! You’re about to embark on a journey filled with power, flexibility, and a healthy dose of existential questioning. Let’s dive into the wild world of cloud hosting with a light heart and just a touch of paranoia (because security, my friend, … Read more

Scaling Your WordPress Site on AWS (Because Slow Sites Are a Crime Against Humanity)

If you’ve ever watched your WordPress site load at the speed of a sleepy sloth and thought, “This is fine,” let me stop you right there. It is NOT fine. Slow sites drive visitors away faster than a free-range toddler in a candy store. But fear not! We’re here to take your site from molasses-mode … Read more

Your First React App on AWS: Sassy Guide to Cloud Greatness

So, you want to build your first React app and deploy it on AWS? You’re in the right place. Let’s create a simple “Hello, World!” app using AWS Lambda, S3, and CloudFront, while keeping it all beginner-friendly (and mildly entertaining). Step 1: Prerequisites (Don’t Skip This) Before we dive in, here’s what you’ll need: Step 2: … Read more