A personal fullstack AWS tech stack overview for 2026, covering each layer of a typical application. Backend uses Hono API on AWS Lambda with a type-safe RPC client shared to the frontend. PostgreSQL via RDS with Drizzle ORM replaces a previous DynamoDB/NoSQL approach. The frontend is a client-side-only SPA using React, Vite, and TanStack Start. Deployment relies on CDK, CloudFront, S3, and Lambda. Async workloads are handled via EventBridge and SQS. Authentication is either Cognito (AWS-native) or Better Auth (self-hosted, preferred for simplicity).
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Backend - Lambda with Hono APIDatabase - PostgresFrontend - TanStack Start SPA onlyDeployment - CDK, CloudFront, S3, LambdaAsync - EventBridge & SQSAuthenticationSummary1 Comment
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