chore: Update README.md

[bkaws]

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[github-actions]

🍕 Here are the new binary sizes!

Name	New size (kiB)	size (kiB)	Delta (%)
macOS (amd)	58548	58112	+0.75
macOS (arm)	59628	59156	+0.80
linux (amd)	51336	50956	+0.75
linux (arm)	50624	50244	+0.76
windows (amd)	48336	47988	+0.73

[SoundsSerious]

@build-with-aws-copilot would be nice to know if aws is or is not going to retire this codebase

[jeffc-dev]

@bkaws Can you provide an update as to the status of this project?

Should people be migrating off of Copilot?

[build-with-aws-copilot]

@build-with-aws-copilot would be nice to know if aws is or is not going to retire this codebase

It does look like AWS has stopped adding new features to Copilot. Discussion

(I published a few guides on how to use AWS Copilot based on my passion. But I'm not affiliated with AWS in any way.)
https://build-with-aws-copilot.github.io/rails_docs/
https://leanpub.com/building-a-full-web-stack-with-docker-and-aws-copilot

[wub]

Hey @bkaws and @Madrigal, can anyone from AWS please comment on the future of Copilot? We run our entire SaaS on Copilot, and it would be great to know if we should invest our efforts elsewhere. Thank you.

[jeffc-dev]

Hoping to hear something from @bkaws or @Madrigal about this...

At this point, though, I think I'm probably going to go with a non-AWS solution for my needs.

[afgallo]

Has anyone found a suitable replacement to Copilot?

[SoundsSerious]

@afgallo I am actively working to replace it using terraform. Its way harder timewise but its somewhat of a standard.

A solution for creating terraform from copilot:

1. for each an environment and each service use the cli: package commands to create cloud formation.
2. using a utility like cf2tf you can convert like 80-90% of the app to terraform and then there's some clean up to do.

You can also package pipelines to keep everything the same for each environment, as well but I am just creating the one terraform environment an using variables to segment environments and other features / config

Instead we are using github actions to build images and deploy the terraform

[afgallo]

@SoundsSerious terraform is a solid choice. I've been considering something different, leveraging our existing CloudFormation templates and migrate infra related components (i.e mostly copilot environment stuff) to Spectre and use good old EC2 instances with Kamal.

[ejunker]

I have not used it but another alternative to look into would be sst which supports ECS Fargate using their cluster component https://sst.dev/docs/component/aws/cluster