This website is mostly just a hobby so I can use my AWS skills. Between Dec 2017 and June 2018, I earned two AWS certifications but have yet to land a job where I regularly use AWS. To keep my skills up to date (and just to have fun), I started this site so I can keep current.
Currently this site uses WordPress running on Linux. These are the following AWS services used:
EC2: 1 instance running an Amazon Linux Image
Route53: Single entry for DNS
RDS: For the database that WP requires
RDS was removed because it cost an additional $20 a month and for the low, low volume I have a MySQL instance running on the same server worked out just fine.
Update: As of 2024, AWS now charges for Elastic IP addresses whether the instance is running or not. They used to only charge when the instance is running, so now I don’t even use an Elastic IP. That means I will sometimes lose connectivity until I can update DNS (I have a blog entry that discusses this in detail).
Also I’m running a SUPER cheap spot instance (I’ll do a blog entry about this), so it might stop sometimes. Will have to monitor this as time goes on.