In the sense of hosting and "cloud" when it was the craze at the time, yes. Absolutely. But what you developed and ran on the aws platform was not dictated by aws. If it didn't suit, you could adhoc it.

Great example though, so many companies grew from the IAC movement. Those were startups though, doing what Amazon probably didn't have the resources to do themselves and also didn't need to.

This AI craze feels to hit at a bit of a lower level, I feel awful for any junior or new Devs entering the market.

Edit for clarity : Hashicorps terraform wouldn't be here without making aws infra easier.