AWS and GitHub are great services for managing and deploying cloud applications but sometimes getting the code from GitHub to AWS is not as straight forward as we would like it to be. Sure, there are some tools out there that bridge the gap (CircleCi, Jenkins, many others) but that means learning another framework, and hoping that everything is tightly integrated and that you remember how it all works when something breaks half a year after you set it all up. GitHub Actions can help simplify this though. Actions are easily configured workflows that are triggered when you do something with git. For example, you can set up an action that automatically test your code every time you push it to github. You can then extend that workflow so that it builds your code in a test environment when you create a pull request. This allows another member of the team to easily access the running code while reviewing the source code, simplifying the code review process as you get that warm, cozy feeling knowing that the code you are reviewing does what you expect it to do.