AWS VPC Edge Routing Guide Part 5: Four Standard Patterns — From Decision Tree to First Sketch
After Parts 0–4 unpack the decision trees, the blank canvas still feels paralyzing because trees give you candidates and forks but never the starting point, ordering, or interdependencies. This closing post pins down the four standard patterns that 90% of real workloads converge on (Serverless API / Container Web / Global Latency-sensitive / Hybrid Enterprise), maps each pattern's defaults onto Parts 0–4's decision trees, and recasts the trees as the tool you reach for when you need to deviate from the pattern — not as the starting point itself.
