# Stelvio

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Stelvio and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for deploying Python apps to AWS with less infrastructure code, automatic IAM permissions and a live dev mode. Critics say it is non-standard and may miss some AWS APIs.

## Why people recommend it

- Much less infrastructure code (2 comments): "Whole point of Stelvio is that you need to write much less code to define your infra" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861891)) "We're providing higher level components for easier IaC code and automate permission generation between those resources." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859000))
- Automatic IAM permissions and best practices (2 comments): "almost no worry about IAM, best practices out of the box and developers workflow in mind" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859063)) "We're providing higher level components for easier IaC code and automate permission generation between those resources." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859000))
- Quick to start and deploy (2 comments): "Stelvio was born out of my frustraction with CDK, I was doing lot of things again and again, waiting long for deployments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46868463)) "It lets you get started in minutes without dealing with unnecessary details." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862659))
- Python-focused infrastructure code (2 comments): "aims to really nail down experience for deploying Python to AWS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860158)) "love the approach of a more "pythonic" infra as code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859990))

## What people warn about

- Overlaps with official CDK (3 comments): "There is no reason to introduce this into a company instead of using the official CDK." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861961)) "I don't understand why I would use this over aws CDK in python." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46865291)) "As does both SAM and the CDK." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862078))
- Non-standard, dependent on third-party package (2 comments): "using a non industry standard framework (Stevio) just doesn’t make any sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46880355)) "I would never depend on a third party IAC package aside from Terraform" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862159))
- May not cover all AWS services (2 comments): "there is a resource you need out of the 150+ AWS services that they don’t support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862559)) "It's unlikely to cover the AWS API's with 100% certainty" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861888))
- Doubts about long-term maintenance (2 comments): "And what assurances are there that you will be around for five years?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46862221)) "how kind will it take him to add new functionality?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46865420))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Terraform](https://hackerapproved.com/p/terraform.md): 128 recommend
- [Pulumi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pulumi.md): 44 recommend
- [AWS CDK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-cdk.md): 29 recommend
- [OpenTofu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opentofu.md): 20 recommend
- [SST](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sst.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stelvio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stelvio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).