Is simplifying AWS a problem worth solving as a startup, or do you wish there was a product that simplifies AWS significantly so you could spend almost no time on it?
Yes. There are a few companies in this space already. If you scan through <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?industry=Infrastructure&tags=Developer%20Tools" rel="nofollow">https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?industry=Infrastructur...</a> you'll see some.<p>There are hosting providers that are both simpler and cheaper than AWS, like Digital Ocean or Hetzner. People who chose AWS probably want the additional features. So make sure that, for some kind of users, you're better than both.
As of 2021, AWS comprises over 200 products and services including computing, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, machine learning, mobile, developer tools, RobOps and tools for the Internet of Things<p>What do you want to simplify?
It really depends on how complex your solution is and how AWS savvy your team are.<p>I'd argue that if your team is writing business logic code, it's not going to be a huge time investment to get them up to speed with the various AWS API's so they can operate the infra.
Yes including yours :). I am building one myself for our internal infrastructure. There is definitely a need to build a service that wraps on top of AWS but you have to go niche. Cannot do everything.