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MadCloud projects are multi-week builds where members collaborate on practical cloud infrastructure and software systems.

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Real-Time Data Pipeline

Stack: AWS Lambda, Kinesis, S3, RDS, Python

Lead: Raj Kumar

Build event-driven ingestion and processing for analytics dashboards and near-real-time reporting.

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Multi-Model AI Assistant

Stack: Python, React, serverless APIs, vector search

Lead: Lisa Wong

Design a secure AI workflow that supports multiple providers and observable prompt pipelines.

Frontend Needed

Cloud Cost Optimizer

Stack: Node.js, React, cloud billing APIs

Lead: Chris Thompson

Create insights tooling to compare spend across platforms and identify optimization opportunities.

DevOps Needed

Game Server Infrastructure

Stack: Kubernetes, Docker, Go

Lead: Nia Okafor

Deploy scalable game backends with observability, autoscaling, and reliability engineering practices.

Recent Outcomes

Serverless Commerce Platform

Implemented checkout workflows and API orchestration with production-style deployment and monitoring.

Kubernetes Microservices Platform

Built and operated distributed services with dashboards, alerts, and horizontal autoscaling policies.

ML Training and Inference Pipeline

Created reproducible training jobs and automated deployment for model-serving endpoints.

IoT Stream Analysis Tooling

Processed sensor events and delivered near-real-time analytics with fault-tolerant infrastructure.

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