Before the lock-down, I led a team of software developers in a project to be deployed in a private cloud. I had always handed over a project after I was done writing code because I have not been part of an IT team, so I really did not bother about deployment. That took a different turn in this project because not only was I responsible for code review, implementation strategy and software architecture, but for deployment and infrastructure (to some extent). I had successfully led the project to testing phase when the lockdowns came.
Well, I decided to solidify my knowledge of Kubernetes and to get on with one of the cloud providers; AWS it was and A Cloud Guru was my choice cloud trainer. As I learnt more about AWS cloud I became fascinated with how easy it was to put services together and get your app running in a short period of time given I had just worked on a private cloud project. I thought that was all the goodness the cloud could offer not until I met with serverless. With this new knowledge of serverless and AWS Lambdas, it was a fresh love for my career as a software developer.
I kept learning and decided to write AWS Cloud Practitioner exam in July. I was studying for my exams but just couldn't let go of the serverless concepts. I took the Serverless Concepts course on Linux Academy and several other serverless introductory courses on A Cloud Guru. I just couldn't get enough of serverless - I even nicknamed myself, Serverless Junkie - and with the goal of becoming a serverless Hero someday. I also connected with some AWS serverless Heroes.
I saw a post on LinkedIn that talked about one cloud resume challenge and its deadline was for July 31, 2020. After reading through the requirements, I decided for it. And, yes, I had to pass my earlier scheduled CLP exam - that was the first requirement.
It's a long read already so won't go into every aspect of the challenge but I won't forget my late nights with moto - the very beautiful Python mocking framework for AWS infrastructure and the one and only AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) - sweet nights indeed. These tools are great because they make the work really easy...erm, after you understand how to use them. Yeah, I read lots and lots of blogs, documentation, github samples and in the end, I successfully completed the Cloud Resume Challenge.
I'm so thankful to Forrest Brazeal for putting up the challenge and causing many to learn and improve themselves. I am really grateful. Hopefully, I can work hard enough to becoming an AWS Serverless Hero. Until next time, it is bye from me and get on learning severless.
Here's the finished project for the challenge
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