What we learnt about DX from building
summary
SST is an open source AWS framework with 14k GitHub stars, 200k monthly downloads and ~4k Discord members that focuses on tightly opinionated Node/TypeScript workflows to make serverless actually fast to develop. It implements live Lambda — a cloud bridge that runs local code with ~50ms feedback — ships a lightweight SST Dev console, and trims features deliberately (no heavy Prisma by default). Support enforces hours-level SLAs via a first responder + domain owner model, and marketing leans on developer-led streams and short videos to drive adoption.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to SST
- 7:07Thinking about Dev Tools
- 11:27Building with DX in mind
- 21:02Support and community
- 26:02Marketing to developers
- 32:05Capturing attention
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