The mini-projects are a great way to learn and get community feedback. One small suggestion—adding a button from the mini-project section in the course to the community posting area. It would streamline sharing.

Here is a 7-Day AWS Practitioner Study Workflow prompt chain I asked ChatGPT to come up with that combines Notebook LM. Each day I will review one domain (from Stephane Maarek’s Udemy course transcripts) and run it through the 3-step chain: 📅 7-Day AWS Practitioner Study Plan with Prompt Chain Day 1 – Cloud Concepts & Global Infrastructure - Input: Transcript from Stephane’s “Introduction + Cloud Concepts” videos. - Step 1 – SummarizationPrompt: “Summarize this transcript into a one-page handout. Bold AWS terms, define them briefly, and structure by exam domain.” - Step 2 – Active RecallPrompt: “Generate 10 multiple-choice practice questions from this summary. 1 correct answer, 3 distractors, with explanations.” - Step 3 – ReinforcementPrompt: “Turn this into a podcast dialogue where a professor explains Regions, AZs, and Shared Responsibility using analogies (like airports).” ✅ End Goal: Clear understanding of cloud concepts and AWS global infra. Day 2 – Security & Compliance - Input: Videos on IAM, MFA, Organizations, and compliance frameworks. - Step 1 – SummarizationPrompt: “Summarize IAM and compliance concepts into a bullet-point study guide. Include best practices for root accounts, MFA, and least privilege.” - Step 2 – Active RecallPrompt: “Generate 8 scenario-based questions (e.g., ‘A company wants to secure root account access…’) with answers.” - Step 3 – ReinforcementPrompt: “Create a podcast script where a teacher explains IAM and compliance in simple terms for beginners.” ✅ End Goal: Security pillar basics mastered. Day 3 – Compute Services - Input: Videos on EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, Containers (ECS/EKS). - Step 1 – SummarizationPrompt: “Make a comparison table of EC2, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk with use cases and exam tips.” - Step 2 – Active RecallPrompt: “Write 10 multiple-choice questions comparing EC2, Lambda, ECS, and EKS.” - Step 3 – ReinforcementPrompt: “Create a podcast where a student asks when to use EC2 vs. Lambda, and the teacher explains with examples.”

I used the prompt provided to build this tracker. It included the few expenses I've incurred or obligated thus far.

Get pumped folks!! Post those mini projects today (or last minute tomorrow morning)! Tomorrow we party with posts - we'll get folks leveled up in the community with an insane number of likes and comments. We can go to LinkedIn and blow up your latest networking post. Have it all ready to go. Check out the calendar for the link and I'll see you in the morning!!!

I saved one hour of time today. I dropped the transcript of an hour-and-10-minute video into ChatGPT. Then it produced a highlights document, which I read in five minutes. I was able to pull what I needed out of it and focus. Instead of sitting in front of my video screen for an hour. To quantify this, that saved me about $225 at my hourly rate, but the value to me is much more than that. I will continue to use this tool and get better with more tools to save even more time.