And for CI and local development testing you can use localstack which runs in a docker container and has implementations of most AWS services

Oh, that sounds interesting. We don't use AWS, but it's a nice alternative for people using AWS for their underpinnings.

Scality's open source S3 Server also can run in a container.

babies and bathwater spring to mind

> The poorest American state, Mississippi, is richer per-capita than most European countries, including France.

GDP and its consequences has been a disaster for the human race

Airstrip One.

+1 for raylib, probably the best C library ever written.