Run Your First AWS App Locally with LocalStack

Get started with LocalStack in minutes! In this episode, we’ll clone a ready-to-go AWS sample app, spin up LocalStack, and run everything locally without a cloud account. By the end, you’ll have a fully functional event-driven app running on your machine.📖 Want more?Check out the companion blog post for a deeper breakdown of the architecture, project structure, and all the commands you’ll need to run it yourself.🔗 https://blog.localstack.cloud/why-i-run-my-serverless-apps-locally/

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