In this AWS re:Invent 2023 session, Nora Schöner compares AWS CDK with declarative infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform. She highlights CDK's advantages in Lambda deployment and policy handling, demonstrating its efficiency for developers. Schöner provides insights on choosing between declarative and imperative approaches based on team preferences, compliance rules, and service availability. The presentation concludes with encouragement for women in tech to share their experiences.