Serverless GIS backends
Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB is still the fastest path from a map idea to a durable API — the Cloud Resume Challenge pattern scaled up.
Why AWS
Build, measure, certify
AWS is where I learned cloud by shipping: this resume site, visitor counters, and ski-atlas pipelines. The SAA study plan turns that production muscle into exam-ready architecture judgment.
Edge + static frontends
S3 and CloudFront host this site. Knowing cache behaviors, OAC, and DNS quirks is table stakes for Solutions Architects.
Study against real stacks
My SAA nights map to production patterns from Global Ski Atlas and this site — not slide-only learning.
IaC discipline
SAM templates and CI/CD for the visitor counter taught me to treat infrastructure like code — and to separate frontend from backend deploys.
Built on AWS
Playground projects
These pages are the AWS lab today — more architecture diagrams and mini-labs will join them.
Cloud Resume Challenge
The full story behind this site — DNS rabbit holes, the visitor counter, SAM, and CI/CD.
Read the journey →SAA-C03
Solutions Architect study plan
Nightly guides and quizzes aimed at AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, tied to real project patterns.
Open the study plan →
Global Ski Atlas on AWS
Step Functions, Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3 powering a live ski-resort map product.
Visit globalskiatlas.com →Platform labs
Same pattern, more stacks
Mapping and cloud playgrounds — each hub explains why I use the platform and links demos as they ship.