DEV Community: Lea Malkki

AWS Cloudront

Lea Malkki — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:42:20 +0000

Cutting Cloud Costs: A Win for Every Developer

Lea Malkki — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:13:15 +0000

As an indie developer, I've been tackling the challenge of how to keep cloud costs down without sacrificing the ability to test quickly.

So I've implemented AWS Fargate Spot capacity into my own testing environment to cut down costs. I've included that capability in Lime Boost.

Lime Boost is a tool I'm building to let developers get a secure, scalable AWS cloud environment for their Docker containers up and running quickly and easily on AWS ECS Fargate.

Save up to 70% of your AWS compute costs by using Fargate Spot pricing for your non-critical tasks (e.g. test environments).
Lime Boost handles the complex configuration, letting you focus on building great software and launch faster.

If you’re tired of the AWS console complexity and want a streamlined, cost-effective way to deploy your containers, check out Lime Boost!

Check it out at https://Limeboost.io

Terraform vs. Lime Boost

Lea Malkki — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:52:30 +0000

What's the right tool for your cloud infrastructure?

Terraform is a powerful, flexible, and battle-tested tool for Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It gives you granular control over every aspect of your cloud resources, making it the top choice for complex, bespoke environments and expert DevOps teams.

But what if you don't need that level of complexity? What if you just need to get things done, fast? That's where Lime Boost comes in.

We're built for developers and small teams who want the power of AWS without the IaC and AWS learning curve. Lime Boost automates routine tasks like deployment and resource cleanup, so you can focus on building your product, not managing your infrastructure.

Did you know about Card Testing?

Lea Malkki — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:28:30 +0000

Card testing is a type of fraud where criminals use automation or bots to test stolen credit card numbers by making small, low-risk transactions.

When selling software or digital products it’s common to share payment links. These links are convenient but sharing them too openly can be risky. You might think that the link is harmless. That it doesn’t make any harm if someone pays onto my account. Nobody would do that. Why would they?

Someone can use the link for wrong purposes, test stolen credit cards. What if someone is using your link for that? They might test with 0.1€. Even these small transactions cost you processing fees. What if they are testing thousand cards?

I want you to know this when you are considering should you copy paste payment link onto your website or is there a safer way to share it. Find out what else you should do to protect your account.

I'm looking for a co-founder

Lea Malkki — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:20:35 +0000

I'm looking for a co-founder for Lime Boost, SaaS software which deploys AWS infra easily.

https://Limeboost.io

What Is a Co-Founder?

Lea Malkki — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:00:23 +0000

The term co-founder gets thrown around all the time in the startup world, but what does it actually mean?

Can someone join after the MVP and still be a co-founder?
What if one person had the idea, and another built the product?
Or what if someone joins later, but takes on full commitment?

Technically, a co-founder is someone who starts a company with one or more people. But in real life? It's a little messier and much more human.

To me, being a co-founder is more than a title. It’s about ownership and responsibility. It’s about showing up when there’s nothing, no product, no revenue, no salary, just belief. Co-founders don’t just join. They carry the vision, build, commit and take a risk. Co-founders are people who say “we’ll figure it out”, and actually do.

Drop your thoughts. Let’s unpack what co-founder really means in today’s startup world.

Written by Lea Malkki, indie founder of Lime Boost

What’s the Easiest Way to Deploy CloudFront + S3 to AWS? Try Lime Boost

Lea Malkki — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:19:48 +0000

If you've ever tried to set up a CloudFront distribution + S3 bucket manually in AWS, you know it’s not as “quick and easy” as the docs make it sound.

Buckets, permissions, Origin Access Control, cache behaviors and then waiting about 15 minutes for a distribution to deploy.

How about deleting your infrastructure when it’s not needed anymore. Is it easy to do or have you ever thought that you’ll do it a bit later when you’ll have time for that?

I built Lime Boost to take that pain away.

What is Lime Boost?

Lime Boost is a developer-first tool that lets you deploy full AWS infrastructure (starting with CloudFront + S3) in minutes. No AWS Console clicking, no Terraform, no CloudFormation.

Just log in, click "Create Infrastructure", and you're live.

What It Deploys?

With one click, Lime Boost:

Creates a new S3 bucket for your static files
Sets up the proper permissions and bucket policy
Creates a CloudFront distribution with: Correct origin pointing to S3, Caching behavior, Outputs your public CloudFront URL

How to Try It?

Go to https://limeboost.io
Connect your AWS account,
Upload your build folder (like dist/ from Angular/React/...),
Click "Create Infrastructure",

Done. Your app is now on CloudFront

I Built Lime Boost So Developers Can Focus on Delivering Real Value

Lea Malkki — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:43:00 +0000

As developers, we’re constantly told to "move fast", "ship often" and "focus on value." But in reality, we end up spending hours or days setting up infrastructure, configuring IAM roles, fiddling with VPCs, or debugging AWS permissions. Sound familiar?
That’s why I created Lime Boost.

The Problem

Deploying to AWS should be straightforward, but it's not. Even for experienced developers, things like setting up CloudFront, S3, load balancers, ECR, RDS, and making them work securely and reliably takes unnecessary time and cognitive load.

The Solution

Lime Boost is a tool that automates AWS infrastructure management for your app: frontends, backends, and databases. You can just push your code and focus on building features.

What It Does

Deploy an AWS infrastructure for your app in minutes. Deletes the infra you don't need any more. Give you a clear UI to manage environments.

The MVP is up and running at https://limeboost.io
You can deploy CloudFront distribution and S3 bucket onto your own AWS account. I’m actively testing with early users.

If this sounds like something you’ve been missing, try it out or get in touch. I’d love feedback.

-Lea

I Built Lime Boost So Developers Can Focus on Delivering Real Value

Lea Malkki — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:43:00 +0000

The Problem

The Solution

Lime Boost is a tool that automates AWS infrastructure management for your app: frontends, backends, and databases. You can just push your code and focus on building features.

What It Does

Deploy an AWS infrastructure for your app in minutes. Deletes the infra you don't need any more. Give you a clear UI to manage environments.

The MVP is up and running at https://limeboost.io
You can deploy CloudFront distribution and S3 bucket onto your own AWS account. I’m actively testing with early users.

If this sounds like something you’ve been missing, try it out or get in touch. I’d love feedback.

-Lea

Startup journey

Lea Malkki — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:25:22 +0000

”Building in public as a woman founder can transform your visibility and expand your network.” Sarah Anto posted. I’ve heard this earlier so I decided to try.

Here is part one:

I was working as a freelance consultant and my previous gig had finished and I didn’t have a new one yet. Time was just before corona started. I spent my working days learning Angular and other tools that interested me.

I developed some customer application and an invoicing thing just for fun, nothing too serious. I thought that I could deploy my software to AWS cloud to try it out, because it’s so cool and I wanted to know more about it.

I created an AWS account, that was easy. Hmm, I could create a virtual machine to run my software. But when I started to do that, I couldn’t do anything. What! I didn’t know that everything is denied. You must give permission for yourself to do even smallest thing. This is good, it’s safe. But if you don’t know that, you must start learning. I started to read about AWS account, permissions, S3, EC2…

My next gig started and I forgot my own project…