Your blog deserves to know it's being read. A Lambda function counts the views, DynamoDB remembers them, and it's all eligible for the Free Tier. Last updated: April 20, 2026 Most analytics tools require an account, a script tag, and a separate dashboard you have to check outside your infrastructure. If you're already on AWS, you can build a view counter that lives in your own account and stores data in a table you control. It takes about an hour, and all three services it uses are eligible for the AWS Free Tier . This tutorial walks you through building that counter. You add one <script> tag to your blog, and every time someone reads a post, the count goes up in a DynamoDB table you own. Along the way, you'll wire together Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway into something that goes beyond "Hello World." By the end, you'll have working software on your blog and hands-on experience with the same services that power production applications.…