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Building Practical Skills for Cloud Mastery through the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge

Dec 4, 2023 · 4 min read · As a career transitioner seeking to build expertise in the cloud, I set a goal this year to achieve the AWS Solutions Architect and Cloud Practitioner certifications. While achieving the certifications, I knew that it was essential to test my skills ...

Chunk 4: Navigating IAC and CI/CD in the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge

Nov 30, 2023 · 4 min read · This chunk is the last part of the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge where the working system has to be ported to IAC and and be backed by CI/CD for both the front-end and back-end processes of the system. Being a cloud-agnostic tool, I decided to use Terra...

Terraform in Practice: Exploring the Trade-offs of Importing into Modules vs Resources in AWS

Nov 28, 2023 · 8 min read · While completing the AWS Resume Challenge, I found myself deciding to import the console-created resources rather than destroying and redoing everything in IAC. This led me to try and find efficient ways to import resources into Terraform wherein aft...

Chunk 3: Displaying the Counter to the Front-end

Nov 20, 2023 · 4 min read · In this post, I'll share how I implemented a visitor counter on my website, which updates with each page visit. This feature though simple in concept, presented a unique set of challenges and learning opportunities in working with Javascript, AWS ser...

Easily Import AWS Resources into Terraform

Jul 11, 2023 · 7 min read · Background Feel free to directly move on to the next section for the walkthrough of using the import blocks. In one of the last chunks of the Cloud Resume Challenge project, it is required to use an IaC tool as part of automating the CI/CD pipeline...