IT enthusiast & cloud learner

Hey,
I'm Mahdi.

Built my first PC, fell deep into computers, and never looked back. Now I'm building in the cloud studying for my AWS SAA and working toward a career in IT & cloud engineering.

☁️ AWS CLF-C02 ✓ ⚡ SAA In Progress 🖥️ Self-built PC 🏗️ Terraform
⚡ SAA-C03 TARGET
✓ IAM ✓ VPC ✓ EC2 ✓ S3 ⟳ RDS ⟳ Route 53 HA & DR Serverless
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Hey,
I'm Mahdi.
☁ CLF-C02 ✓ ⚡ SAA
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origin story

How it started.

About 4-5 months ago I built my first PC from scratch. Sourcing the parts, figuring out compatibility, seating the CPU, managing cables it was the first time I genuinely couldn't put something down until I understood it completely.

That curiosity didn't stop at the build. I started pulling on threads how does memory work? What actually is an operating system? How does networking happen? I found CompTIA, started grinding through A+ and Network+ material, and felt like everything was clicking.

Then I discovered the cloud. AWS took everything I was learning about infrastructure and made it infinitely scalable and accessible. I passed my Cloud Practitioner exam on February 17th, 2026 and I've been deep in SAA prep ever since. Outside of tech I also follow Formula 1 pretty closely — I write about it here →

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Oct 2025

Built my first PC

First time truly understanding hardware and the moment everything changed.

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Nov – Dec 2025

Deep dive into IT fundamentals

CompTIA A+, Network+, OS internals, networking concepts consuming everything I could find.

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Jan – Feb 2026

Discovered AWS & cloud computing

Found my direction. Started studying for Cloud Practitioner immediately.

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Feb 17, 2025

Passed AWS Cloud Practitioner

CLF-C02 certified. First of many.

Now

Studying AWS SAA

VPCs, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, high availability the real architecture work begins.

~5 Months into IT
1 AWS Cert Earned
SAA Currently Studying
Things to Learn

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