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Live database-backed app
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Intermediate · 1–2 weekends
AWS RDS-Backed Web App
Connect a deployed application to a managed relational database with backups, access controls and recovery thinking.
RDSRelational databasesBackupsSecurity groupsApp/database connectivity
DEFINITION OF DONE
Leave artifacts a reviewer can inspect.
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Schema
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03
Connection diagram
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04
Backup/recovery notes
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05
Security review
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Deployed an application backed by Amazon RDS with scoped network access, managed backups and documented recovery steps.
Use this as a starting structure, then replace it with your real implementation details, metrics and constraints. Do not claim outcomes you did not measure.
STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Multi-AZ
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Read replica
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Secrets Manager
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.