Cloud Apprentice

🚀 Learning AWS & DevOps from scratch , no shortcuts. 💻 Daily hands-on projects in cloud, code, and automation. 📈 Building in public, one commit at a time.

[Cloud Apprentice @FromZeroToCloud]

Day 0 of #FromZeroToCloud

I'm learning AWS & DevOps from scratch and documenting every step publicly.

This is not about perfection. It's about proof of progress.

Here's why I'm doing this (and what to expect):

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@saameeey Congratulations

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@TechnicalBben So true.

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@omoalhajaabiola God bless you.

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📂 Full code & docs here:
🔗 https://t.co/s5GKhcevXm

#AWS #IAM #CloudSecurity #DevSecOps #Lambda #FinTech #AfricaTech #FromZeroToCloud #Automation #AIinSecurity #SecurityAsCode #WomenInCloud #buildinpublic

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We almost exposed a FinTech client’s data.

Here’s how I fixed it, with an AI-powered IAM system built in 3 weeks 👇

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One misconfigured S3 bucket nearly leaked sensitive data.

The potential cost? Millions in fines, lost trust, and reputational damage.

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Results:

✅ Resolution time dropped from hours → seconds (via automation)

✅ Built entirely with IAM, Lambda, AWS Config (no new tools)

✅ Zero violations thanks to continuous enforcement + alerts

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🔹 Week 1: IAM foundations + Free Tier Cost Guardrails
🔹 Week 2: AI-generated least-privilege policies + trust drift detection
🔹 Week 3: Automated self-healing using Lambda & EventBridge

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The Solution: A Self-Healing IAM Framework
Built using only AWS-native tools for maximum cost-efficiency.

Here’s the 3-week plan: 👇

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Why this matters:

✅ 90% of cloud breaches don’t come from bad code or hardware.

❌ They start with IAM misconfigurations.
Mismanaged permissions are silent, widespread, and deadly.

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So I built an AI powered IAM guardrail system, tailored for African FinTech, and deployed it in just 3 weeks.

[Omoalhaja @omoalhajaabiola]

Okay, okay, let me explain how this works and I hope someone gets it.

For instance, your prompts on ChatGPT, your Google searches, or spinning up an EC2 instance have a real impact on data centers.

Why? Because data centers are powered by electricity (mostly from non-renewable sources) and require massive amounts of water for cooling. The longer your EC2 instance runs, the more energy the data center consumes. And yes, that means more carbon emissions and more strain on natural resources.

This is where green computing or sustainable tech comes in. People working in this space are focused on reducing the environmental footprint of technology. They’re asking questions like:

- How do we make cloud computing more energy-efficient?

- Can we design algorithms that require less processing power?

- How do we power data centers with renewable energy?

- What cooling alternatives can reduce water usage?

So the next time you leave that EC2 instance running for two days straight, or spam 50 prompts into an AI model, just remember that someone, somewhere is working hard to make sure our digital lives don’t wreck the environment.

And hopefully, now you understand why sustainability matters in tech.

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@mischavdburg I’m interested and will give my all to it.

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�� AWS S3 + CloudFront gave me a 403 at 2AM.
Fixed it with the right S3 bucket policy
🔒 Controlled public S3 access
⚡️ Fast CloudFront delivery

Blog: https://t.co/YAWU6aHsWM
Repo: https://t.co/uSB2SkfpyX
#AWS #CloudFront #DevOps #WebDev #BuildInPublic

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@ui_kingsley Okay, This is funny 😂😂

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@Tech_babby Productive, very productive.

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@_devHelen A chilled bottle of coke.

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@omoalhajaabiola Have been on my laptop since morning, just studying. Almost 10 hours well spent.

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@Aje_Dynamicz This is amazing.

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@efamharris Congratulations.