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David Cuthbert

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Bainbridge Island, WA, US

My current "big idea" is ScractchStack, an open-source AWS stack you can run on your laptop that mimics AWS in requests/replies as closely as possible, while staying within the confines of a typical developer's laptop.

Why would I want such a thing? you might ask. There are a number of use cases, some of which were inspired by personal need:

  • Road warriors. Alas, trying to develop for the cloud while flying across the country through the clouds is usually an exercise in futility.
  • Simulating AWS failures. By having an AWS stack that you can configure and modify directly, you can simulate unusual AWS conditions and code defensively against them.
  • Replicating individual AWS services elsewhere. You may have developed against a specific AWS service that isn't available in a particular AWS region (China or GovCloud), or have a customer that needs to run your code on-premises or in, say, Azure. Rather than rewrite your code, you can deploy "just enough" of AWS to this environment.

Sponsorship funds would offset some of the development costs and allow me to spend more time working on these types of "spare time" tasks.

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Is this project resonating with people besides myself? Am I solving a pain point that others have? Is it worth the time I'm spending on nights and weekends on? Getting 50 sponsors would be an unequivocal "yes."

Featured work

  1. dacut/scratchstack

    Ephemeral cloud stack on your laptop.

    Rust 2
  2. dacut/ubd

    Userspace Block Device

    C 3
  3. dacut/scratchstack-aws-signature

    AWS signature verification routines (Rust)

    Rust 2
  4. dacut/jposix

    POSIX APIs for Java

    C 1

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This is for the folks who like the idea of running and tweaking your own copy of AWS locally interesting and want to support development efforts. Thank you! I'm humbled by your generosity!