The latest articles on DEV Community by Priyanka Vuddemari (@priyanka_vuddemari). https://dev.to/priyanka_vuddemari https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4124910%2F08efe1ab-3d59-41c1-82c9-1dc9d88ee4b4.png https://dev.to/priyanka_vuddemari en Priyanka Vuddemari Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:08:07 +0000 https://dev.to/priyanka_vuddemari/im-taking-the-cloud-resume-challenge-heres-what-it-is-2394 https://dev.to/priyanka_vuddemari/im-taking-the-cloud-resume-challenge-heres-what-it-is-2394 <p>Hey everyone! 👋</p> <p>I recently came across something called the <strong>Cloud Resume Challenge</strong> by Forrest Brazeal, and I decided to go for it. I'll be documenting my journey here week by week — the wins, the confusion, and everything in between.</p> <p>But first, what even is this challenge?</p> <h2> What is the Cloud Resume Challenge? </h2> <p>The Cloud Resume Challenge is a hands-on project designed to help you build and demonstrate real cloud skills. Instead of just reading docs or watching tutorials, you actually <em>build something</em> a resume website and use a whole stack of cloud services to deploy and run it properly.</p> <p>It was created by <strong>Forrest Brazeal</strong>, a cloud architect and AWS Community Hero, as a way to bridge the gap between "I passed a certification" and "I can actually build things on AWS."</p> <h2> What does the full challenge involve? </h2> <p>Here's the big picture of what you end up building by the end:</p> <ul> <li>☁️ A resume hosted as a <strong>static website on AWS S3</strong> </li> <li>🌍 Served globally via <strong>CloudFront</strong> (AWS's CDN)</li> <li>🔒 HTTPS enabled with an <strong>SSL certificate</strong> </li> <li>🌐 Accessible via a <strong>custom domain</strong> registered in Route 53</li> <li>👀 A <strong>visitor counter</strong> that tracks how many people view your resume</li> <li>⚡ The counter powered by <strong>AWS Lambda</strong> (serverless functions)</li> <li>🗄️ Visit count stored in <strong>DynamoDB</strong> (a NoSQL database)</li> <li>🔗 Everything connected through an <strong>API Gateway</strong> </li> <li>🧪 Tests written for your backend code</li> <li>🏗️ Infrastructure defined as <strong>code using AWS SAM</strong> </li> <li>🔄 A <strong>CI/CD pipeline</strong> so changes deploy automatically</li> </ul> <p>Yeah — it's a lot. But that's the point. You touch almost every layer of a real cloud application.</p> <h2> Why am I doing this? </h2> <p>I'm a <strong>Test Automation Specialist</strong> working as SRE for some time now and looking to level up my cloud skills. I work with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure daily, so understanding AWS deeply just makes sense for where I want to go.</p> <p>Also, honestly building something real always beats studying in isolation.</p> <h2> What's Week 1 about: </h2> <p>Week 1 is all about the frontend — building the actual resume HTML page, pushing it to GitHub, hosting it on S3, setting up CloudFront, SSL, and a custom domain.</p> <p>I'll be posting a full breakdown of what I built and what I learned very soon.</p> <p>If you're thinking about taking on the challenge too do it don't think about it much </p> <p><em>This is Post 1 of my Cloud Resume Challenge series. Follow along for weekly updates!</em></p> aws beginners cloud devchallenge