If I can remember one of the common mistakes I made with using CloudWatch, it would be not setting up alarms (important ones). It cost me a lot back then until I knew better. There are so many other mistakes people make with using CloudWatch like monitoring too many things at once which brings...
If I'm thinking of what's the best health monitor for your apps and servers on AWS, it's CloudWatch. This is because it helps one to know if their website is running smoothly and also decode when something is slow or broken.
How often do you check your CloudWatch?
As much as there are so many things which can be done using the AWS Free Tier service, there are still limitations to what it can do. Some of the prominent ones are that ; you can’t host high-traffic websites and also can’t run big or powerful servers on the Free Tier.
The biggest difference which stands out for me between AWS and traditional hosting is how the costing is done. AWS costing is based on Pay-as-you-go where you have to pay only for what you use which can be by per second or minute in many cases while traditional hosting is paid monthly or yearly.
To the best of my knowledge, it's possible to build almost any type of digital product or system using AWS. I know a very good friend of mine who used it to build social media apps. I haven't done that yet but if I'm going to, it's going to be the path I'll follow.
As a beginner, when there's a free version of the service available, it's in your best interest to start with it. With AWS, they offer such with their free tier. It's best to start from there and see how far and well it does before deciding to use the pain plan.
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