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AWS Cloud Development Kit — A Turing Complete Solution For Infrastructure
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) was released in July 2019. AWS described it as a code-first approach to defining cloud application infrastructure. Back then, I was oblivious to the fact how ground-breaking this would be. In fact, I doubt many realised the potential of CDK. It was only recently when I attended a webinar from AWS and saw the potential of it. I was completely awestruck that this could redefine how we work with cloud resources.
This blog discusses how infrastructure in the cloud has evolved, why AWS CDK is a Turing Complete solution and how it can impact the infrastructure we design in the cloud.
First, we will explore some definitions:
- What is a Turing Complete solution?
- What is AWS CDK?
What is a Turing Complete Solution?
A general definition found on StackOverflow would be:
“A Turing Complete system means a system in which a program can be written to find an answer (although with no guarantees regarding runtime or memory). So, if somebody says, “my new thing is Turing Complete,” that means in principle (although often not in practice), it could solve any computation problem.”
