> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fastfoundation.nimble.la/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Fast Foundation for AWS

> The ultimate infrastructure blueprint for modern cloud-native teams. Fast Foundation combines industry-leading open source tooling and AWS best practices to deliver a secure, reliable, and compliant platform out-of-the-box. Built from the ground up for SOC2 and HIPAA compliance, Fast Foundation empowers you to go live in weeks, not months, with a fully codified, scalable, and cost-optimized AWS environment. <br/><br/> Unlock rapid innovation and take full ownership of your cloud infrastructure from day one!

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## Key Features

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  <Card title="AWS Well-Architected Framework" icon="aws">
    Multi-account, multi-environment setup with Zero Trust security principles, optimizing for cost, reliability, and scalability
  </Card>

  <Card title="Everything as Code (Terraform)" icon="code">
    Infrastructure, users & roles, application configurations, and alarms are all managed through code, ensuring consistency, ease of management and instant disaster recovery
  </Card>

  <Card title="Observability" icon="magnifying-glass">
    Built-in Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cost Optimization" icon="badge-dollar">
    Autoscaling and Spot Instance usage to reduce your operational costs
  </Card>

  <Card title="Compliance" icon="shield-check">
    Out-of-the-box compliance with SOC 2, NIST-800, and HIPAA standards
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rapid Deployment" icon="bolt">
    Go live in weeks (typically 2-4 weeks) with an 80% faster time-to-market compared to DIY solutions
  </Card>

  <Card title="No Vendor Lock-In" icon="lock-open">
    Fast Foundation is a collection of Terraform scripts that our clients will own from day one
  </Card>
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## Core Components

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  <Card title="Developer Experience" icon="square-terminal">
    Multi-account, multi-environment setup with Zero Trust security principles, optimizing for cost, reliability, and scalability
  </Card>

  <Card title="Environment Security" icon="shield-check">
    Infrastructure, users & roles, application configurations, and alarms are all managed through code, ensuring consistency, ease of management and instant disaster recovery
  </Card>

  <Card title="Network Security" icon="network-wired">
    Built-in Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting
  </Card>

  <Card title="Observability" icon="magnifying-glass">
    Comprehensive monitoring and logging with AWS CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Prometheus, S3 and AWS Athena, and optional tools like Grafana, OpenSearch, or New Relic and DataDog Integrations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cost Optimization" icon="badge-dollar">
    Autoscaling and AWS Spot Instance usage through Karpenter. Kubecost for enhanced visibility and cost-saving recommendations. Optimized Prometheus for a >50% cost reduction in metrics ingestion
  </Card>

  <Card title="Effortless Orchestration" icon="ball-pile">
    Harness EKS potential without the overhead with our optimized EKS, configured out-of-the-box for best practices and already integrated with all the required tooling. AWS Serverless framework also supported
  </Card>
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