🚀 Small Wins, Big Leaps – DevOps & AI Milestone Unlocked 🧠🌊

Jun 27 • 🔔 Wins

Hey Dev Masters!

👋Wanted to share a double win that had me buzzing with excitement this Month:

🛠️ Automated PHP Project Deployment to VPS

Built a full-fledged GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline that:

✅ Auto-syncs all valid apps/* PHP projects to my VPS via rsync

✅ Sets up Nginx virtual hosts dynamically per project

✅ Generates config.php with secure keys and DB credentials

✅ Creates MySQL DB & users on the fly

✅ Imports schema.sql if available

✅ Assigns unique ports per app + updates UFW & restarts Nginx

💾 Bonus: Keeps daily backups and removes old ones automatically.

Just deleted an old project (phpsmm) cleanly with DB/user/config/firewall in a single flow. 🔥Feels like having my own PaaS 😎

🌊 Face-Based Photo Finder — AWS Rekognition Integration

Built an AI-powered photo app (proof of concept) for surfers, using:

CompareFaces & SearchFacesByImage from AWS Rekognition
User uploads a selfie
The app searches a stored album and instantly pulls out all matching images — no need to scroll or filter manually

📸 Think of it as "Find yourself in the crowd" — but instant and intelligent. No training needed, just Rekognition + a clean image upload flow.

Perfect for:

💭 Reflections

Automating deployment saves real mental energy. Set it once, and ship without fear.
AWS Rekognition makes face search almost too easy to implement.
The fusion of DevOps + AI unlocks magic workflows that feel futuristic.

Would love to hear: