I&#x27;d respectfully like to submit my project, Convox, into the discussion of not reinventing a PaaS:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;convox.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;convox.com&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;convox&#x2F;rack" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;convox&#x2F;rack</a><p>Convox is another open source PaaS, but we&#x27;re building it entirely on top of AWS services like CloudFormation, ECS, ASG, etc.<p>This means it&#x27;s only suitable for teams that have 100% bought into AWS. If that&#x27;s you, we make all the hard parts of operating a distributed deployment system Amazon&#x27;s problem.<p>There&#x27;s another project in this same space, Empire: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;remind101&#x2F;empire" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;remind101&#x2F;empire</a><p>If 100% AWS is not you, Docker Datacenter &#x2F; Swarm, CoreOS, Deis, CloudFoundry, etc. are doing incredible work.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how these sophisticated tools are available to all of us.