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Serverless URL platform
A serverless URL shortening platform that demonstrates how modern cloud architectures automatically scale to handle unpredictable internet traffic while maintaining low operational cost, high availability, and minimal infrastructure management.
Stack
Amazon API Gateway · AWS Lambda · Amazon DynamoDB · Amazon CloudFront · Amazon Route 53
Interface concept for the working platform
Engineering decision
Selected Lambda to avoid managing servers and handle burst traffic automatically.
Tradeoff
Serverless simplifies operations but introduces cold-start considerations.
Insights
Caching and TTL strategy has direct cost and performance impact.
Observability dashboards are essential for tracking redirect reliability.
