--- title: Smaller, Faster, and Cheaper Coding Laptops via AWS description: Using an ephemeral AWS EC2 instance for development costs me less than $10 a year. The secret sauce is a CPU Alarm that shuts the instance down if you aren't... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/smaller-faster-and-cheaper-coding-laptops-via-aws-pelzojifw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Smaller, Faster, and Cheaper Coding Laptops via AWS | daily.dev og:description: Using an ephemeral AWS EC2 instance for development costs me less than $10 a year. 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The solution is free under AWS Free Tier, but that doesn't last forever. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@manmeetkaurbaxi** · 0 upvotes > That's a nice alternative, but if we forget to turn off the instance, the charges might be an overkill too.... --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/smaller-faster-and-cheaper-coding-laptops-via-aws-pelzojifw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Smaller, Faster, and Cheaper Coding Laptops via AWS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/smaller-faster-and-cheaper-coding-laptops-via-aws-pelzojifw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/smaller-faster-and-cheaper-coding-laptops-via-aws-pelzojifw"},"datePublished":"2020-12-13T12:57:57.141Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Using an ephemeral AWS EC2 instance for development costs me less than $10 a year. 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