Converting Cloud Provider Regions Into Country Flags

If you’ve ever worked with a database you have probably seen region codes like this, eu-west-1 or us-central-1. You might have seen region codes in technical specifications or marketing materials, or in my case, the response from the CockroachDB Cloud API. Whilst some region codes give you an indication of which country the database is running in, other codes are a little more vague. E.g europe-central-1, asia-southeast-1. If you’re really into region codes you might have memorized which countr...