{"id":123909,"date":"2026-05-25T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foojay.io\/?p=123909"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:42:11","slug":"foojay-podcast-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foojay.io\/today\/foojay-podcast-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Foojay Podcast #96: Local AWS Development Without LocalStack: Meet Floci, the GraalVM-Powered Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What if you could run 35 AWS services locally in under 25 milliseconds, using just 13 megabytes of memory, with a single Docker command and no cloud bill? That's exactly what Floci does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this episode, Frank Delporte talks with Hector Ventura, the creator of Floci, a free and open-source cloud emulator built with Quarkus and GraalVM native compilation. Hector walks us through why he built it when LocalStack dropped its open-source community edition, how AI tooling helped him accelerate development of new service integrations, the challenges of keeping GraalVM happy with third-party libraries, and the road ahead for Azure and GCP support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you're a developer who wants fast local testing, a DevOps engineer writing Terraform, or a student learning cloud without the cost, Floci is worth a look!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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