I have been working with AWS CloudFormation and the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for some time now. Both are tools that help you create Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Infrastructure as Code can immensely speed up your development process. Instead of creating each resource one by one and configuring IAM settings manually, you can create a construct that contains the resources you want with sensible default settings. The added benefit is that you can redeploy your code in the blink of an eye.

One key advantage is that whenever you want to deploy a second environment in another region, for example, you can use the previously developed script, and within minutes, your entire environment is ready in that new region. Doing this the old-fashioned way would take much longer, requiring manual clicking and typing to create resources in your preferred cloud provider’s GUI.