Cliffable is a cloud engineering portfolio documenting my transition from music and education into cloud architecture.
Through hands-on AWS projects, I design, build and document real systems covering web hosting, DNS, networking, monitoring and automation. Each project focuses on the architecture, implementation decisions and lessons learned along the way.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Migrated a live business website to AWS Lightsail and developed the platform through real production incidents, adding automated recovery, monitoring, Route 53, CloudFront, AWS WAF and protected origin access.
Designed and built a security-focused AWS architecture with private networking, controlled SSH access, Gateway VPC Endpoints and a custom least-privilege IAM policy, then validated the completed infrastructure.
Short technical notes from building, operating and improving real cloud systems.
Published 4 September 2026
How production instability and sustained hostile traffic led to a migration behind CloudFront and AWS WAF, with Route 53 consolidation, protected origin access and staged production testing.
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Published 24 June 2026
How a billing audit led to a layered AWS cost protection strategy using budget alerts, monthly reviews, region restrictions and IAM guardrails to reduce the risk of unexpected charges.
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Published 12 June 2026
How a security alert and monitoring alarms led to a broader review of my WordPress infrastructure, exposing weaknesses in security, domain management and operational processes.
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Published 5 June 2026
How I consolidated Cliffable domains into a dedicated AWS account and built HTTPS redirects for secondary domains using Route 53, CloudFront, ACM and S3.
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I’m transitioning into cloud architecture, focused on designing and building real-world systems on AWS.
Through hands-on projects, I explore how cloud services fit together in practice from networking and DNS to scalable, production-ready architectures.
This site documents that journey, with a focus on clarity, structure, and implementation.
Background in music and education (BMus Hons). AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.