Independent project
CloudPrep, Cloud-Cert Practice Built at Compile Time
A study app for cloud certifications across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks, built from open-source question banks compiled into a static dataset, installable and offline, with no runtime API calls.
The challenge
Practice sites for cloud certifications tend to be slow, ad-heavy, and gated behind a login or a subscription, even though the questions themselves already live in open-source repositories. The goal was the opposite: a fast, private, installable way to drill them, with no account and nothing phoning home.
What we built
Rather than stand up a database, an API, and a server, the whole pipeline runs once, at build time. A scraper pulls practice questions from open-source repositories (currently the Ditectrev collections), parses them into a single validated JSON dataset, and the Nuxt 4 app ships that dataset as a static asset. The catalogue spans certifications across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks. There are no runtime API calls and no server to keep alive. Study mode gives untimed practice with instant feedback, spaced-repetition flashcards drill the same banks, and on-device storage (IndexedDB and localStorage) keeps stats, notes, and progress. An installable PWA makes it all work offline. It deploys to Cloudflare Pages.
The result
- A static, installable, offline-capable study app, with zero runtime API cost
- Thousands of questions spanning Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks certifications
- Working study mode with instant feedback, plus spaced-repetition flashcards
- Timed mock exams and progress analytics as the pieces still coming together
