The Cloud Engineers in 2025 - Year in Review

My passion for helping professionals level up their cloud skills drove me to start this newsletter in early 2025.

The results after 12 months? 50 posts published, 3,200 subscribers, and over 60,000 views across all content.

A special thanks to every one of you who subscribed, read, and engaged—your support means everything.

In this final article of 2025, I’m looking back on the year and sharing the top 10 articles based on views and 5 low-view articles worth reading. Make sure to check them out!

Top 10 Most-Viewed Articles

1. 5 AWS Projects To Get You Hired | FREE PDF Guide

2. How to Nail Your Cloud Engineering Interview with the STAR Method

3. From Beginner to AWS Certified: A Roadmap for the Solutions Architect Associate Exam

4. AWS Budgets for Beginners: How to Monitor Your Cloud Spending and Avoid Overages

5. Building Your First Event-driven Application on AWS

6. How Much Do Cloud Engineers Really Make? A Breakdown by Role and Experience

7. Idempotency Patterns for Serverless Applications

8. Secure File Uploads to Amazon S3 Using Presigned URLs

9. Building a 3-Tier Architecture with Serverless on AWS

10. RTO vs RPO: Designing Practical DR Strategies on AWS

Low-View Articles Worth Reading

1. How to Ace the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification: A Practical Roadmap

2. Building Your Personal Brand in the Cloud: Creating an AWS-Powered Resume

3. Build a Personal Blog with WordPress on AWS: A Comprehensive Guide

4. Why AWS Step Functions is My Favourite Orchestration Service for Microservices

5. Creating AWS Architecture Diagrams with Amazon Q CLI and Exporting to Draw.io

Conclusion

Wishing you all a very productive 2026 filled with growth and new opportunities. My goal for the coming year is simple: write more, share more, and build a thriving community of cloud engineers.

Let's level up together!