OOooooh what does that do?!

I plan to start hitting this blog hard….daily. I’m going to collect my thoughts today on what I want to write and then I will be starting tomorrow!

It’s an exciting time to be a web developer.

I have been checking into various Amazon web services for projects at work and I’m discovering they are doing some REALLY cool stuff. Below is a quick recap of what I’ve found and some of my thoughts on them.

Amazon EC2:

This is the one I’m MOST excited about. It’s unfortunately in closed beta, so I haven’t had a chance to mess with it, but basically it’s a virtual server service. You can create images and launch virtual servers from them. They charge .10 an hour per processor. This is really cheap! I’m pretty excited about this as I could launch my own personal datacenter and I don’t have to put out a boatload of money. I’ve got a LOT of ideas for this one.

Amazon SQS

Simple queuing system. This is just what it implies, you put a message in it, and retrieve it later, however and whenever you want. I can’t talk about what I’m using it for work but personally I was thinking of creating a instant messaging system based around this.

Amazon S3

This has been around for a while. Cheap, fast, reliable storage. What more can you ask for?

With all these wonderful tools available, creating your own web app is becoming easier and easier.