Ask HN: How to get free/cheap Claude and AWS credits

2•jacAtSea•1h ago

Hi Laid off, took a gap year and now trying to get back into the field to want to do a side project with Python/Java + Claude Code + Cloud(AWS, GCP, Azure) Is there a way to get free or cheap Claude and AWS credits ? I am willing to working on volunteer project.

Thanks

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uberman•1h ago

The university I work with offers claude free to students. If you had a class you wanted to take perhaps there might be a similar opportunity

jacAtSea•1h ago

More context: I was a 60% Data Engineer and 40% back eng engineer.

The job ads now ask for cloud computing, I did on-perm with similar components but built in house.

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