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AWS vs Azure: Choosing the Right Cloud for Your Project
Cost isn't the only factor. Team expertise, compliance requirements, and your existing Microsoft footprint all play a crucial role in this decision.
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Laura Gómez
Mar 20, 2026
A production-grade CI/CD pipeline does more than run tests and deploy. It enforces security gates, manages secrets, handles rollbacks, and provides full audit trails.
Laura Gómez
Cloud Architect
GitHub Actions has become the de-facto CI/CD platform for teams deploying to AWS. Its native integration with GitHub repositories, generous free tier, and flexible action marketplace make it a natural choice.
Every production pipeline should have three distinct stages: Build & Test, Staging Deploy, and Production Deploy. The staging deploy should be automated. The production deploy should require a manual approval gate or be triggered only on tagged releases.
Never store AWS credentials as GitHub Secrets. Instead, use OIDC federation to let GitHub Actions assume an IAM role without long-lived credentials. This is both more secure and easier to audit.
- uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
with:
role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/GitHubActions
aws-region: us-east-1Use ECS Blue/Green deployments via CodeDeploy for zero-downtime deploys with automatic rollback on health check failure. This is the safest deployment strategy for production services.
Laura Gómez
Cloud Architect at Lamio
Expert in modern software engineering with a focus on scalable architectures, performance optimization, and developer experience.
Cost isn't the only factor. Team expertise, compliance requirements, and your existing Microsoft footprint all play a crucial role in this decision.
Laura Gómez
Mar 20, 2026
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