Pitt Panthers Cloud Leaderboard (Pre Terraform)
Early serverless leaderboard built on AWS to handle real-time score submissions. This project was where I solved key infrastructure pain points for the first time, like API Gateway integration issues and persistent CORS headaches. It laid the groundwork for understanding how to build reliable client-to-backend communication in a fully serverless stack and prepared me for Infrastructure as Code adoption.
Architecture: S3 • API Gateway • Lambda • DynamoDB • HTML/JS
Serverless Contact Form
Event-driven contact form pipeline designed to handle incoming submissions in real time without maintaining servers. Beyond just building a form, I focused on event processing, alerting, and observability. This project helped me understand serverless event flows, operational visibility, and the importance of designing for scale from the start.
Architecture: API Gateway • Lambda • DynamoDB • S3 • SNS • CloudWatch
Static Website Deployment
My first hands-on cloud project. I deployed a static website using AWS services to learn the fundamentals of cloud hosting, content delivery, and optional domain configuration. This project gave me a practical foundation for understanding global distribution, caching, and cost-efficient deployment strategies.
Architecture: S3 • CloudFront • HTML/CSS/JS