Welcome to my AWS blog! This is where I document my cloud computing projects and journey. A little about why I started this blog, I initially set out and achieved my AWS Solutions Architect
certification in August 2024 through Adrian Cantrill's AWS SAA course. I ultimately went with this course as there were many testimonies about how this course separates itself from the others.
The goal was to learn AWS and not simply pass a test for a certification. This was evident through the 50+ hour video course which also had a very healthy amount of sample projects along the
way including setting up an AWS management organization and child account, migrating a single monolithic application into a multi-tiered highly available and fault-tolerant application, setting
up a site-to-site VPN,etc.
However, despite all the good this course did for me, I felt that I needed even more hands on with AWS itself and to fill in any gaps of knowledge and get that additional hands-on experience.
This is also in part to a lot of the course heavily relying on cloudformation templates. However, this is understandably so, as the course could easily double in time if manual configuration was needed every step of the way.
During the formulation of this blog I have found project ideas through various sources such as reddit, youtube, and most importantly through the AWS workshops. Here I was able to find various labs that
detail and put together a number of services, goals, and best practices. A lot of times I performed these labs and then deconstructed them and put my own flare on it. The blog is broken into two sections.
1. Projects
2. Mini-projects
The projects each have their own dedicated pages and are projects that take more than a single evening to complete. They required various services working together and typically cost more to keep
running.
The mini-projects are typically a smaller collection of services that I am able to leave running if needed and cost less in general. These are great for breaking down problems into more isolated
functions and building the larger projects off of. They are typically completed in an evening and can really be useful for gaining practical experience with various services I normally would be reluctant
to open with larger projects without understanding the full scope of.
Check out some of the smaller AWS-related projects I've worked on.
View Mini-Projects
