Guides on secure S3 file sharing, AWS architecture, and Cognito authentication.
Handing out console access to download a few files is the kind of security risk that lights up an audit. A look at the alternatives that actually work.
"How hard could it be?" Famous last words. A walkthrough of what it actually takes to build a production S3 file browser with Cognito, gotchas included.
Sharing from S3 is easy. Sharing with real auth, group-based access, and an audit trail an auditor will accept is where most teams trip. The six rules we follow.
AWS gave us a first-party way to put a browser in front of S3. On paper that sounds great. The bill and the setup catch a lot of teams off guard.
Marketing wants the reports. Legal needs the contracts. Your partner is asking about deliverables. And they're all DMing you to grab files from S3.