I started my AWS journey when I joined my current organization. Before that, I was perfectly happy using VPS and bare-metal servers.
Long story short, after a call with a friend and being impressed by what AWS had to offer, I opened an account and jumped in.
Bit by bit, my Next.js and Node.js apps moved to EC2. Then came Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, EBS, and more.
The most recent additions are SES and SQS. I’d tried them before, but the setup frustrated me so much that I gave up after five minutes.
This time was different—I had the perfect co-pilot: ChatGPT.
It was incredibly helpful at spotting mistakes, explaining what went wrong, and guiding me step by step just from the error messages.
Amazing, right?
With that, I set up API Gateway → SQS → Lambda → SES in about 15 minutes—no coffee, no headache.
p.s: I never use them to code directly or let them take the driver seat. What's the fun in it then ;)
These days, I use AI for:
Infrastructure suggestions — I’m not an expert yet and it helps me understand trade-offs.
UI form generation — I know how to build them, but I’d rather spend my time on business logic and learning something new.
Figma MCP - Converting Figma to design system components.
Centering a div — yes, the struggle is real, and I’ll take it to my grave.
What do you think ?
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