This chapter is an outline. The curriculum, learning objectives and
structure are settled; the prose, diagrams and code are still being written.
What is below is the plan for the chapter, not the chapter.
Revision Pack
Nine documents for someone who has already worked through the course and needs to get it back into working memory — before an interview, a design review, an on-call shift, or a new project.
| File | Purpose | Read time |
|---|---|---|
| One-page summary | The first door. Everything essential on one screen | 2 min |
| 5-minute cheat sheet | Compact pass over the whole topic | 5 min |
| 15-minute revision | Diagram- and table-driven full revision | 15 min |
| Interview cheat sheet | Question bank with answer skeletons | 20 min |
| Production cheat sheet | On-call reference | scan |
| Decision guide | Decision trees for every choice | scan |
| Troubleshooting cheat sheet | Symptom → check → cause → fix | scan |
| API cheat sheet | Every API, params, caveats, CLI equivalents | scan |
| Configuration cheat sheet | Every knob and its common mistake | scan |
Start with the one-page summary.
Design rules
- Tables, diagrams, decision trees and bullets — prose only where a sentence beats a row
- Scannable at a glance; readable on a laptop; printable
- Every quota and price links to
_reference/aws-facts.md - Never a paragraph copied from the course body
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