About

Cloud engineer by trade, AWS content creator at QA. I make lessons, courses, videos, demos, all of that stuff that hopefully helps people actually understand AWS. Sometimes it's death-by-PowerPoint, other times I create animations in After Effects. I like building things in the cloud, like the agent on this website if you can find it. It can search my content, answer AWS questions, and tell you a bit about me. Last time I showed a friend, the first thing he did was ask it inappropriate questions. CloudWatch logs don't lie.

Check out my docs for the technical stuff, YouTube for hands-on demos, or notes blog if you're here for the personal stuff. I've got 7 AWS certifications and a ton of other badges. Make of that what you will.

Outside the Cloud

Sunday league footballer, gym regular. I take strength training and diet seriously, not in a weird way, just in a "feel good, move well" way. Bloodwork looks great, except for the high cholesterol. Might have something to do with eating 4 eggs a day. That's about 122 eggs a month if you're counting. Big on early mornings, not because I'm one of those 5am LinkedIn hustle people, but because it's quiet and nothing's competing for attention yet.

Coffee is a whole thing. Moccamaster, grinder, always tinkering with beans to get the cup right. No sugar in my place though. So if you can't drink coffee without it, you're not worthy of my special beans. Photography is newer, mostly a way to document places and moments. You can see some of that on gallery.digitalden.cloud. I also love a good font. This site uses Chakra Petch. Marketers get it.

Before any of this, I worked at Cool Chile Co. Tortillas, dried chilies, Mexican spices. And once upon a time, briefly, I was an immigration lawyer. That didn't stick.

Work

• AWS Content Creator, QA (formerly Cloud Academy), 2023 - Present
• Account Manager, Cool Chile Co, 2017 - 2021

Education

• Law (LLB Hons), Coventry University, 2011 - 2014

Timeline

Docs

I write technical documentation for most of the stuff I build, and I keep a personal blog for everything else. Both run on Jekyll and Chirpy, deployed to GitHub Pages. Here's some posts:

• Serverless ETL Pipeline for Weather Data
• Build Serverless Contact Forms with Generative AI
• Particles.js Integration Tutorial for HTML5UP
• A 12 Week Creatine Study: Tracking Strength and Recovery

More at docs.digitalden.cloud and notes.digitalden.cloud.

Looking for something specific? I built an agent that can answer questions about me, my work, search my content, or just chat AWS. It's like a personal assistant for my website. It pulls from my docs and personal blog, so the more I document, the more it knows. Read the story in Building the Deniz Agent, or try it on the Agent tab.

Agent

Contact

This form leverages a serverless AWS architecture with integrated Generative AI. When you submit, you'll get a personalised reply and I'll get notified. I'll get back to you when I can. Here's how it works.

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