Bash-My-AWS
Dev tools
aws command line wrapper
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
10 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, powerful wrapper that makes AWS CLI usable
From 3 comments
AWSCLI backward compatibility has been so good, I've never had a Bash-My-AWS command fail due to a change. AWS CLI v2 previews were released in Nov 19 and while this may contain…
failmode on HNWindows users have commented at how Bash-My-AWS's innovative use of unix streams reminds them of PowerShell. The listing functions output lines of tokens. The first token is the…
failmode on HNWhat really sells me on this tool is the ability to examine the underlying awscli command and transformations. I’ll be giving this a go in the new year!
pensatoio on HN
Transparent: shows underlying awscli commands
From 1 comment
What really sells me on this tool is the ability to examine the underlying awscli command and transformations. I’ll be giving this a go in the new year!
pensatoio on HN
Objections
Only covers a few core AWS services
From 1 comment
The annoying part about AWS putting so little effort into smoothing out the rough edges in their tooling, ux and services, is that the whole ecosystem of helpers/wrappers…
SmirkingRevenge on HN
Website and commandeer tool require JavaScript
From 2 comments
Why does your main website (linked in your comment) require JS to run? I've not seen anything that warrants that requirement. I wish people would stop making websites that's…
dastx on HNSpoiler alert: if you don’t want to run JavaScript in your browser, you’re not going to enjoy this application.
Hamuko on HN
Requests
Support for switching regions and accounts/profiles easily
From 1 comment
This looks pretty great, while the AWS CLI is very comprehensive, I always struggle to remember which flags are needed for each command, and it's not very consistent. One thing…
wjoe on HN
Support for AWS SSO
From 1 comment
They're good questions. I can tell you how I manage regions and accounts but am interested in learning how people think Bash-my-AWS might better support users in this regard. The…
failmode on HN
Questions
How does it differ from existing git extensions
From 1 comment
How is this different than all of the git extensions that people publish.
scarface74 on HN
Why depend on jq when JMESPath is built in
From 1 comment
Interesting this requires ‘jq’ when JMESpath is built into AWS CLI already. http://jmespath.org/
Terretta on HN
Alternatives named
Commandeer desktop GUI
From 1 comment
for anyone on this thread that is interested. I run https://getcommandeer.com which is a tool to manage your AWS and IAC infrastructure from a desktop GUI. I love this…
bob33 on HN
AWS cmdlets for PowerShell
From 1 comment
If you want to easily manipulate your AWS environment from the command line use the AWS cmdlets for PowerShell. The fact that PowerShell cmdlets work on objects instead of text…
dopylitty on HN
Aegea
From 1 comment
I have developed something similar on top of the AWS CLI that incorporates a bunch of integrations with other tools like the cloudinit and various bits of Batch-related…
ak217 on HN
Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi
From 3 comments
If I’m understanding you correctly, I think you want CloudFormation?
weberc2 on HNLike it or not (I do...) terraform is the de-facto industry standard, and pretty much the only mature cloud resources management tool I'm aware of. It is unwise IMHO to use…
avip on HNWe use Pulumi to manage both our GCP and AWS resources, and we really like it. You might consider using Terraform directly if you want something more mature.
natekupp on HN