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If you've ever tried to build a multi-account AWS architecture using CDK or CloudFormation, you've probably hit the same frustrating wall: cross-account resource references don't work without manual coordination and hardcoded values. What should be a simple task—like reading a parameter from Account A in a Lambda function deployed to Account B—becomes a tedious manual process. This behaviour is already documented and while AWS also documents workarounds, there’s no indication that this is going to change anytime soon. However, these approaches don't scale when you have multiple services and resources spanning different accounts across your organization.

This post walks through a practical example that demonstrates both the problem and a solution using orbits, a tool designed to seamless orchestrate all of your IaC with code.