Visitor Tracker

One of the challenges was to implement a 'visitor tracker' for how many people have visited my website. This isn't as compliated as it seems. Each time the website refreshes, the javascript sends a request to a lambda function running on AWS server. This lambda function pulls the numbers from a database and adds one. You can see the number change every time by just hitting refresh.

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WaniKani Stats

I have been working on my kanji for a few years now through the wanikani app. Luckily they have an API that I can also call! This portion is mainly so I can do a quick check on how screwed I am. The review system is similar to Anki and relies on spaced repitition system (SRS). I am a big fan of this method of memorization / review whether it be for kata, vocab, or theorems.

wanikani stats:
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Blog Post

$100 to make a website?
Paying for a test you might fail, on a project you might never finish ... all for a line of text on a website no one will ever visit? I love the concept of this challenge because it provides a concrete objective for a beginner to get an overview of website development. But you made paying a test fee the first step?

I enjoyed CSS formatting better than backend development. I wholeheartedly believe


because the authoritarianism of formatting via code makes it so only I may express creativity here. I spent waayy too long making a sakura petal drift between the sections of my resume. I had to force myself to move on!!! But now the hard part is done and the challenge is completed (: I liked it so much, that I think I will continue to expand this webpage with all my ideas. Maybe I can even produce webpages for small businesses? With enough practice of course.

I did the challenge in numeric order (besides step 1 lol) so I ended up creating my db, api, and lambda twice: once through the AWS online interface, and again using YAML. I think this is for the best though! I'm just kind of bitter because I don't even like the back end stuff very much...

There are so many documentations/videos giving overly-complex yet incomplete solutions to the same problem. People have uploaded entire playlists detailing how to do this project so person citing a 'Completed AWS Challenge Website' proves nothing about webdev capability. But hey, maybe that's what the certification is for.

Useful Images

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Mele

My dog's name is Mele

Use this to tell if you're spending time wisely.

Mia

My cat's name is Mia