AWS Memes

AWS: where the cloud is just someone else's computer with 300+ services and a billing system designed by sadistic geniuses. These memes celebrate Amazon's cloud platform that simultaneously revolutionized infrastructure and created an entire industry of cost optimization consultants. If you've ever provisioned a t2.micro to save money only to forget about it for years, stared in horror at an unexpected bill after leaving a test environment running, or felt the special satisfaction of architecting a solution using only 15 of their services instead of 30, you'll find your fellow cloud architects here. From the labyrinthine IAM permissions to the existential question of which database service to use this week, this collection honors the platform that made "lift and shift" a strategy and "serverless" ironically mean "even more servers, but we manage them."

Bank Balance Vs AWS
AWS Devops Programming Cloud
4 days ago 128.4K views 0 shares
Bank Balance Vs AWS
Nothing quite like that sinking feeling when you realize your bank account is being drained by a cloud instance you spun up for a "quick test" three months ago. The AWS bill doesn't care about your financial situation - it just keeps growing like a digital tumor while you blissfully forget about it. The cloud giveth convenience, and the cloud taketh away your rent money. Pro tip: Set up billing alerts or just accept that unexpected AWS charges are the modern tech worker's version of stepping on a Lego at 3am.

This Is A Public Service Announcement: Check Your AWS Bill
AWS Devops Programming Cloud
4 days ago 170.6K views 0 shares
This Is A Public Service Announcement: Check Your AWS Bill
Nothing triggers financial panic quite like remembering you left an AWS instance running. That $5 test server you spun up "just for a minute" three months ago? It's now draining your bank account faster than a teenager with your credit card at an Apple Store. The cloud giveth, and the cloud taketh away—usually from your checking account. Next time you're wondering why you're eating ramen for the third week straight, check your AWS console. Mystery solved.

But My Prompt Had Guardrails To Not Overdraft My Checking Account
AWS Devops Azure Gcp Cloud
6 days ago 114.7K views 0 shares
But My Prompt Had Guardrails To Not Overdraft My Checking Account
HONEY, WHERE'S MY WALLET?! That soul-crushing moment when startup founders go from "we're disrupting the industry" to "we're disrupting our bank accounts." You thought your little app would cost pennies to host until AWS sent you a bill that reads like the national debt. Those free tier credits evaporated faster than my will to live during a merge conflict. The cloud isn't just where your data lives—it's where your financial dreams go to DIE. 💸

Choose Your Cloud Nightmare
AWS Devops Azure Gcp Programming
16 days ago 184.8K views 0 shares
Choose Your Cloud Nightmare
Ah, the classic cloud provider panic attack. Three identical red buttons labeled "Azure DevOps," "AWS DevOps," and "GCP DevOps" with a sweating person having an existential crisis below. It's like being asked which kidney you'd prefer to donate. The truth? Your resume needs all three, your sanity can handle none, and your company will probably switch platforms right after you become certified in one. The real punchline is that six months after mastering your chosen platform, management will announce they're "pivoting to a multi-cloud strategy" anyway. Just close your eyes and press one—the anxiety is the only constant.

I Am The IT Department
AWS Devops React Git Kubernetes
16 days ago 227.6K views 0 shares
I Am The IT Department
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of these job listings! 💀 Recruiters out here casually asking for someone who can juggle 17 different technologies spanning three programming languages, two frontend frameworks, three databases, four AWS services, Linux admin skills, testing methodologies, containerization, AND orchestration... all while probably offering "competitive salary" (translation: barely above minimum wage). Honey, they're not looking for a "Full Stack Developer" - they're looking for an ENTIRE COMPANY crammed into one exhausted human body! What's next? "Must also make coffee, unclog toilets, and occasionally perform heart surgery"?!

Cat Vs Modern Infrastructure
AWS Devops Kubernetes Docker Programming
24 days ago 234.3K views 0 shares
Cat Vs Modern Infrastructure
Spend millions on microservices, Kubernetes clusters, and 17 different AWS services that require a team of 30 DevOps engineers to maintain... or just get a cat to knock it all down in 5 seconds flat. The ultimate chaos engineer doesn't need a certification—just some catnip and a grudge against your uptime. Billion-dollar infrastructure vs. one fluffy boi. We all know who wins that battle.

Dev Ops Prank Email Bot
AWS Devops Git Programming Cloud
1 month ago 203.5K views 0 shares
Dev Ops Prank Email Bot
OH. MY. GOD. The ABSOLUTE VILLAIN creating a bot to send heart-attack-inducing emails to poor unsuspecting GitHub users! 😱 Nothing says "Happy Friday night" like making developers FRANTICALLY check their AWS console at 11PM while their dinner gets cold and their date wonders why they're hyperventilating! $30,000 in cloud costs?! That's not a bill, that's a down payment on a HOUSE! The sheer CHAOS this would cause in Slack channels everywhere... DevOps teams would be having emergency meetings while still in their pajamas! Pure EVIL GENIUS wrapped in a 280-character tweet!

I Have A New Idea For This Weekend
AWS Devops Git Programming Cloud
1 month ago 201.4K views 0 shares
I Have A New Idea For This Weekend
Causing mass cardiac events in the developer community with a single email. Pure evil. The beauty is in the timing - 11PM Friday when everyone's either drunk or asleep, ensuring maximum panic when they finally see it Saturday morning with a hangover. The $30,000 figure is just specific enough to be believable. Somewhere, an AWS engineer just felt a disturbance in the force.

Run An EC2 For 5 Mins And Win
AWS Devops Programming Cloud
1 month ago 239.6K views 0 shares
Run An EC2 For 5 Mins And Win
The SRE just found the ultimate money hack. AWS is basically a financial black hole where your cloud budget goes to die. Launch a few over-provisioned instances, forget about that auto-scaling group for a weekend, or accidentally deploy to all regions simultaneously, and boom—you've burned through $100M faster than you can say "terraform destroy." The genie adding a fourth rule is just acknowledging the universal truth that AWS billing is basically legalized theft with a nice dashboard.

Finding A Tech Job In 2025 Be Like
AWS Security Devops Kubernetes Docker
2 months ago 245.3K views 0 shares
Finding A Tech Job In 2025 Be Like
The job market's final boss has arrived! On the left: a job description requiring mastery of 20+ technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, JavaScript, Python, Linux, security tools like CISSP and Palo Alto, plus NIST compliance and .NET. On the right: the actual job? Excel spreadsheet jockey. It's the classic tech industry bait-and-switch where companies demand you know how to build a nuclear reactor just to change the lightbulbs. The recruiter probably thinks "full-stack" means you can stack paper forms into a full pile.

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The Manual Deployment "Hack"
AWS Devops Javascript Programming Backend
2 months ago 220.2K views 0 shares
The Manual Deployment "Hack"
The ultimate bait-and-switch! First declares "CI/CD is a scam" to trigger every DevOps engineer on LinkedIn, then proceeds to describe... the most basic manual deployment process imaginable. What he's describing is literally the antithesis of CI/CD - spinning up EC2 instances and manually SSHing to deploy code. That's like saying "electric cars are a scam" and then revealing your amazing alternative is... walking. The cherry on top is the company name "Unemployed.ai" and the self-aware closing line. Pro tip: following this "advice" is indeed the fastest path to joining the unemployment statistics!

The Serverless Illusion
AWS Devops Azure Programming Backend
2 months ago 303.7K views 0 shares
The Serverless Illusion
The classic marketing vs. reality gap strikes again! "Serverless" architecture sounds magical—like your code just floats in some ethereal digital dimension. Then you peek behind the curtain and—surprise!—it's just someone else's servers. It's like ordering a "meatless" burger only to discover it's just regular meat that someone else chewed for you. The shocked cat face perfectly captures that moment when you realize the cloud is just fancy marketing for "computers I don't personally have to restart at 3AM."