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Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

by utibeumanah·Jun 4, 2026·6 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

●●SolidNiche GemSolve My Problem

Lens for ECS with local-first design and zero telemetry collection.

Strengths
  • Read-only by default until you explicitly approve changes.
  • Deploy markers on metrics charts correlate rollouts with performance shifts.
  • Cost estimation per service with right-sizing recommendations from peak usage.
Weaknesses
  • macOS only for now, no Windows or Linux builds available.
  • ECS is a narrowing niche as many teams migrate to Kubernetes.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers and developers using Amazon ECS

Similar To

AWS Console · Lens · Portainer

Post Description

Hey HN I've been using ECS for a while now and found it annoying having to log into the console everytime

I use Lens for Kubernetes but couldnt find an equivalent for ECS so i built one!

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