👋🏾 Hey, I’m Du’An Lightfoot
🛠️ Full-Stack Developer • Cloud Builder • AI Explorer
🚀 About Me
I'm a Sr. Developer Advocate at AWS, focused on making cloud networking and infrastructure automation more accessible for devs and engineers alike.
I started in traditional networking and pivoted into cloud + code. Now, I build full-stack apps, explore AI tools, and share everything I learn to help the next wave of builders grow.
🔍 Currently Exploring
- 🔭 Building full-stack apps with React + FastAPI
- ☁️ AWS everything: Lambda, CDK, Amplify, API Gateway
- 🤖 Using and building AI tools (like Amazon Bedrock, Claude, Amazon Q) to code smarter and get things done
- 🧠 Building AI agents with the goal of building agents that are fulluy autonomous
💬 Ask Me About
- Cloud networking and infrastructure
- DevOps for developers (Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, etc.)
- Transitioning from IT → engineering
- Using AI tools to accelerate learning and development
✍️ Latest Writing
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- 🧠 Do Network Engineers Need to Know Programming?
- 🚀 How I Got Started with Network Automation
- 🛠️ Intro to Cloud Native Buildpacks
- 🧰 Six Skills to Become a Network Automation Engineer
🎥 Latest YouTube Drops
- ✅ AWS Cloud Practitioner in Under a Week
- 🔥 Tech Career Risk-Taking with Sly Gittens
- 🛡️ Breaking Into Cybersecurity
- 🖥️ I.T. Helpdesk Deep Dive
🤝 Let's Connect
"Keep building. Keep learning. Stay shipping." 🚢