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Why I Chose AWS Step Functions
The reasoning behind picking Step Functions for this platform: why a single Lambda chain was not enough, how pausing for a human decision costs nothing while waiting, and how a full audit trail comes for free.
Case study · Video walkthrough
Anyone can wire AWS services together. The harder question is why you picked those services and not the others. Two short videos on the two decisions that shaped this platform, including the trade offs I accepted and what each costs to run.
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The reasoning behind picking Step Functions for this platform: why a single Lambda chain was not enough, how pausing for a human decision costs nothing while waiting, and how a full audit trail comes for free.
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A practical trade-off comparison, not a theory lesson. Cost per workload, operational overhead, and the exact situations where Fargate wins and where EC2 still makes more sense.
Want to see the code behind these decisions? View repository on GitHub →