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Live shortener
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Intermediate · 1–2 weekends
AWS Serverless URL Shortener
Build a deployable redirect service with API Gateway, Lambda and DynamoDB, then measure latency and failure behavior.
API GatewayLambdaDynamoDBIAMServerless designRedirects
DEFINITION OF DONE
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API documentation
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DynamoDB model
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Architecture diagram
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Latency/cost notes
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Built a serverless URL-shortening service on AWS using API Gateway, Lambda and DynamoDB with scoped IAM permissions.
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.
Custom aliases
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
TTL cleanup
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CloudFront edge redirect
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.