The AWS exporter, developed by Tal Sabag, is introduced as a tool to integrate AWS cloud resource data into a software catalog and internal developer portal, enhancing visibility for developers and operations teams. By supporting over 500 AWS resources, it enables users to map and organize AWS resources like S3 buckets, Lambda functions, and RDS DB instances into blueprints within the software catalog, providing a comprehensive view of AWS accounts. This process involves collecting metadata and defining relations between resources, offering insights into configurations and connections. The exporter is deployed as a lightweight serverless application within the user's AWS account and is designed to update in real-time through events such as resource creation, updates, and deletions, thereby streamlining data management and offering a unified platform for software development lifecycle management.