AWS Rift Rewind Story: Learning Cloud, Building Projects

AWS beginner to deploying a global project via Rift Rewind: secure storage, CloudFront, automated pipelines, live APIs — my journey & tips for builders. ✨ Adding My Personal Touch I didn’t just follow the templates, I made the site my own: Customized the design, colors, and layout to match my style Added Riot Games API integration to fetch live League of Legends data Included personal content and visuals to make the site unique This wasn’t just a website — it became my personal playground for learning AWS. Power Spike Prep I started by setting up my AWS account safely: Enabled MFA Created an admin IAM user Set up budget alerts 💡 Lesson learned: Security is the foundation. Even small mistakes can be costly in the cloud. Ward Your Data I created my first S3 bucket and uploaded my project files securely. ✅ What I Accomplished Created a private Amazon S3 bucket (with “Block Public Access” enabled) Verified that files are inaccessible publicly (Access Denied = ✅ security) 💡 Aha moment: Defa