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Stelvio: Ship Python to AWS

by todsacerdoti on 2/2/2026, 7:59:30 PM

https://github.com/stelviodev/stelvio

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by: tonymet

There are way too many apps for converting config into code. I'd much rather see more like this that convert code into unnecessary config.

2/2/2026, 10:54:17 PM


by: jekude

How does this compare to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;encore.dev&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;encore.dev&#x2F;</a> or other infrastructure-inside-application-code solutions?

2/2/2026, 9:51:45 PM


by: coronapl

I’ve used SST, Pulumi, CDK, and Terraform. I decided to stick with SST because it offers a far superior development experience. Sure, I could write IAM policies with plain CDK, but it’s more error-prone and harder to maintain. Features like linking and live lambdas just make development so much easier.<p>I actually think this project makes a lot of sense. It lets you get started in minutes without dealing with unnecessary details. Furthermore, you can always access the low-level Pulumi component and override whatever you need. Keep doing what you’re doing! Your project makes IaC more accessible to everyone, and that’s a good thing. I’ll be happy to try it.

2/2/2026, 10:19:28 PM


by: fxwin

1) The first 2 links in the readme are 404s<p>2) I feel like the very first question this project needs to answer is: &quot;Why should i use this over the official AWS CDK?&quot; (assuming you want other people to use this). Besides maybe some nicer syntax I don&#x27;t really see a reason to use this and lose all the (sometimes lacking) documentation, examples + community support that exists for CDK.<p>2.1) The listed benefits include &quot;Use your favorite [...] type checker&quot;, but the example uses strings for specifying field types (vs. AWS CDK which would use enums, and is also &quot;pure python&quot;) which immediately throws that out of the window

2/2/2026, 9:07:10 PM


by: raw_anon_1111

Why would I ever use this instead of just using the CDK with Python? There is plenty of documentation and my experience is I can one shot my entire IAC with a well defined spec with ChatGPT to generate CDK code.<p>Yes I know AWS well enough to know whether it is correct

2/2/2026, 9:20:57 PM


by: insane_dreamer

It&#x27;s unlikely to cover the AWS API&#x27;s with 100% certainty, and I don&#x27;t want to spend time trying to work out the kinks, so honestly, I&#x27;d rather just use the AWS CDK and CloudFormation.

2/2/2026, 9:31:56 PM