Changelog

Each week’s release is logged here so students can see what’s new.

[Pre-bootcamp] — May 2026

Added

  • 📦 Full repo skeleton with 00-start-here/ materials
  • 📄 AWS account setup guide (with West Africa-specific troubleshooting)
  • 📄 GitHub setup guide
  • 📄 Python + VS Code setup guide
  • 📕 Pre-bootcamp setup PDF (12 pages, printable)
  • 📕 Course curriculum PDF (16 pages)
  • 📖 Story explainers library (6 stories live)
  • 🌐 GitHub Pages live site: cloudwithshad.github.io/cloudwithshad-bootcamp-may2026
  • 🎨 Cinematic mobile-friendly landing page (index.html) with hero, stats, week grid, stories, projects
  • 🔒 Lock-state UX with live countdown for each upcoming week (auto-unlocks at 6 PM GMT)
  • ✨ Live banner showing “Next drop in X days Y hours” or “🎉 Just dropped!”
  • 🔔 GitHub Releases workflow for weekly email notifications
  • 💬 WhatsApp + LinkedIn announcement templates for each weekly drop

[Week 1] — coming Fri 22 May 2026

Will be added

  • 🎬 Week 1 PowerPoint deck (11 slides)
  • 🛠️ Lab 1 — S3 Portfolio Website (guided)
  • 🛠️ Lab 2 — EC2 Web App (build-on-your-own)
  • 🎯 Week 1 Quiz (interactive)

[Week 2] — coming Fri 29 May 2026

Will be added

  • 🎬 Week 2 deck
  • 🛠️ Lab 3 — VPC + RDS Two-Tier App
  • 🛠️ Lab 4 — Lambda Image Resizer
  • 🎯 Week 2 Quiz

[Week 3] — coming Fri 5 Jun 2026

Will be added

  • 🎬 Week 3 deck
  • 🛠️ Lab 5 — Auto-Scaling + ALB
  • 🛠️ Lab 6 — CI/CD Pipeline
  • 🎯 Week 3 Quiz

[Week 4] — coming Fri 12 Jun 2026

Will be added

  • 🎬 Week 4 deck (CAPSTONE WEEK — gold-themed)
  • 🛠️ Lab 7 — Smart Doc Analyzer
  • 🛠️ Lab 8 — AI Capstone (the portfolio piece)
  • 🎯 Week 4 Quiz (final)

[Group Projects] — coming Mon 15 Jun 2026

Will be added

  • 🏆 Akwaaba AI Tourism Guide
  • 🏆 MarketPulse Feedback Dashboard
  • 🏆 DocSmart CV Analyzer

[Demo Day] — Sat 20 Jun 2026

Will be added

  • 🏆 Mini-award winners announced
  • 📣 LinkedIn shout-out post
  • 🎓 Cohort hall of fame