Week 5 Worklog

Week 5 Objectives

  • FinOps Practice: Investigate and remediate cost anomalies.
  • System Design: Draft the High-Level Architecture (HLA) for the project.
  • Project Bootstrapping: Initialize the codebase and environment.
  • Explore and become familiar with AWS Skill Builder.

Tasks to be carried out this week

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- Cost Audit: Utilized AWS Cost Explorer to trace cost spikes (identified orphaned EBS volumes and unattached Elastic IPs).
- Executed resource cleanup.		10/07/202510/08/2025REFER HERE
3- Architecting: Designed the solution diagram on Draw.io.
- Stack Decision: Frontend (S3/Amplify) + Backend (EC2/Lambda) + Database (RDS/DynamoDB).		10/09/202510/10/2025REFER HERE
4- Code Skeleton: Initialized standard directory structures.
- Configuration Management: Setup .env files and configured .gitignore to prevent credential leakage.		10/11/202510/13/2025Security Best Practices
5- Upskilling: Enrolled in AWS Skill Builder digital badges to bridge knowledge gaps.10/11/202510/12/2025REFER HERE

Week 5 Achievements

  • successfully identified and mitigated “cost leaks,” learning crucial lessons in Resource Lifecycle Management.
  • Finalized Architecture Diagram v1.0, serving as the blueprint for development.
  • Delivered a clean, secure project Skeleton, ensuring a standardized starting point for all developers.