5 Python Scripts Every AWS Developer Should Have

Save these. Run these. Thank me later. Why I Wrote This When I started learning AWS I spent hours doing repetitive tasks manually. Checking instance status in the console. Downloading files from S3 one by one. Manually checking my bill every week. Logging into EC2 just to check if it was running. Then I discovered something — everything I was doing manually could be automated with Python and boto3 in minutes. These are the 5 scripts I wish someone had given me when I started. Each one solves a real problem. Each one saves real time. And every AWS developer — beginner or experienced — should have these in their toolkit. 🐍 Script 1 — EC2 Instance Manager The problem: Forgetting to stop EC2 instances and getting unexpected bills. The solution: A complete EC2 manager that lets you start, stop, and check all your instances from terminal in seconds. import boto3 import sys from datetime import datetime def get_ec2_client ( region = ' ap-south-1 ' ): return boto3 . client ( ' ec2 ' , region_n