# Cursor can now build backends that deploy directly to AWS

DevFeed: [Cursor can now build backends that deploy directly to AWS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cursor-can-now-build-backends-that-deploy-directly-to-aws-17784.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/cursor-aws>)

Author: Ivan Cernja

Published: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backends.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [iac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iac.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Cursor can generate backend application code with Encore while Encore derives and provisions the corresponding infrastructure. It describes local PostgreSQL development and deployment to AWS resources such as RDS, SNS, SQS, S3, VPC networking, ECS, IAM roles, and security groups, contrasting this approach with AI-generated Terraform or Pulumi.

## Source excerpt

When Cursor writes application code with Encore, it's automatically writing the infrastructure too