Kutlwano Take

Full-Stack & Cloud Engineer

I build production-grade cloud applications end-to-end: AWS serverless backends, TypeScript and React frontends, Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code, and Python analytics dashboards.

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About Me

I am a Johannesburg-based Full-Stack & Cloud Engineer focused on building secure, scalable applications across AWS and modern web platforms. My core stack spans AWS serverless services, Terraform IaC, TypeScript/React development, and Python data workflows.

Recent repository work includes AfriClimate Analytics Lake (Python, Dash, Plotly, Athena), SpendGuard (TypeScript serverless expense tracking on AWS), AWS Scalable To-Do App (React, Lambda, DynamoDB, Terraform), and Landmark Track (Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase). I prioritize reliable deployments, clean architecture, and practical user-centered design.

Certifications

DevOps on AWS: Code, Build, and Testing
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Introduction to Containers w/ Docker, Kubernetes & OpenShift
Version Control with Git
Ultimate AWS Certified Developer Associate

Open Curriculum Vitae

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

React

Next.js

Node.js

AWS

Terraform

Tailwind CSS

Supabase

Git

GitHub

Selected Projects

Screenshot of AfriClimate Analytics Dash application showing drought, water security, climate risk, community impact, and carbon analytics modules

AfriClimate Analytics Lake - Climate Intelligence Platform

Production-ready climate analytics platform for Southern Africa with a serverless AWS data pipeline and live Dash application. It ingests CHIRPS climate data into S3, processes it with Lambda, catalogs data in Glue, and serves analytics through Athena with an interactive 5-module dashboard for drought, water security, climate risk, community impact, and carbon insights. Deployed on Render with Gunicorn and a fallback dataset mode for reliable public demo access.

Python 3.11 Dash Plotly AWS S3 AWS Lambda AWS Glue Amazon Athena Boto3 Pandas Render Gunicorn CHIRPS Data

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Screenshot of SpendGuard personal expense tracker dashboard showing budget progress rings, expense list, and alerts

SpendGuard - Smart Personal Expense & Budget Tracker

Production-ready, full-stack serverless expense tracker that helps users monitor spending, set category budgets, receive real-time overspending alerts, and gain AI-powered insights. Features secure authentication, receipt OCR scanning, progress visualizations, and predictive analytics, all built with a clean, premium UX.

React + TypeScript AWS Amplify (Hosting & Auth) AWS Cognito AWS Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB Amazon Textract (OCR) Amazon SNS (Alerts) Amazon Bedrock / Gemini (AI Insights) Tailwind CSS

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AWS Scalable To-Do List App

Production-ready full-stack serverless To-Do application with a React + TypeScript (Vite) frontend on S3 + CloudFront, AWS Lambda + API Gateway backend services, DynamoDB persistence, and Terraform-managed infrastructure.

React TypeScript Vite AWS Lambda Amazon API Gateway DynamoDB AWS S3 CloudFront Terraform CloudWatch

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