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Project deep-dives, build logs, and lessons learned from cloud infrastructure and DevOps work.
Adding Pagefind search, table of contents, dark/light theme, copy-to-clipboard, PWA support, security headers, RSS feed, dynamic OG images, View Transitions, and deploying to Cloudflare Pages.
Read moreSetting up the Next.js project, building the component library, wiring up MDX with Zod validation, and designing the homepage layout.
Read moreWhy I moved on from my cloud resume challenge site and how I chose Next.js 15, Tailwind v4, and Cloudflare Pages for the rebuild.
Read moreSetting up the Azure environment, building and testing Docker images for all microservices locally, and preparing for AKS deployment.
Read moreDefining all backend resources in Terraform — Lambda functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, and Cognito — for reproducible deployments.
Read moreCompleting the end-to-end flow — retrieval Lambda, React audio playback, and the full submit-to-listen pipeline.
Read moreWiring in Amazon Translate for multilingual support and Polly for speech synthesis, with audio output stored in S3.
Read moreBuilding the submission pipeline — API Gateway receives text, Lambda writes to DynamoDB, and SNS triggers async processing.
Read moreBuilding the React frontend with AWS Amplify and implementing Cognito authentication as the foundation for the serverless TTS app.
Read moreJenkins orchestrates the full pipeline — Terraform provisioning, Ansible configuration, container deployment, and smoke testing on every Git push.
Read moreConfiguring EC2 instances with Ansible playbooks and AWS dynamic inventory — installing Docker and deploying the container without hardcoded hosts.
Read moreProvisioning the AWS EC2 infrastructure with Terraform — instances, security groups, and outputs for Ansible dynamic inventory.
Read moreWriting the Dockerfile, bundling NGINX with a self-signed OpenSSL certificate, testing locally, and pushing to Docker Hub.
Read moreOverview of the four-tool automation stack — Docker, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins — and how they fit together in the pipeline.
Read moreHow I passed SAA-C03 — exam format, the study strategy that worked, and what I would do differently.
Read moreDefining all infrastructure in Terraform, building a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, and adding Cypress smoke tests to validate every deploy.
Read moreConnecting the visitor counter API to the frontend — solving CORS, wiring JavaScript to API Gateway, and adding Cypress integration tests.
Read moreBuilding a serverless visitor counter with Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB — connecting the frontend to a Python backend.
Read moreStatic resume site on S3, served globally via CloudFront with HTTPS, custom domain on Route 53, and automated deploys with GitHub Actions.
Read moreSetting up a multi-account AWS Organization with org-formation, SSO, billing alerts, and a dedicated dev environment.
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