# AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

> Built a strong cloud baseline covering AWS service models, architecture patterns, and cost-aware deployment decisions.

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- Issuer: AWS Academy
- Category: Cloud
- Credential: https://www.credly.com/badges/71d44c50-3507-4f04-91c3-f9ac534885f1/public_url

Built practical cloud architecture judgment, especially around reliability, scalability, and cost control on AWS.

## Focus areas

- AWS architecture
- Scalability planning
- Cost optimization

## What I learned

- Map workloads to the right AWS services based on scale and reliability needs.
- Use cloud design principles to improve availability and fault tolerance.
- Balance performance and cost through better resource planning.

## Applied in projects

- Applied right-sized infrastructure choices to avoid over-provisioning.
- Designed failover-aware service boundaries to improve uptime.
- Used cost visibility practices to keep cloud spend predictable.

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