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Method: Application Load Balancer + AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) with the default EC2 DNS name

AWS lets you issue a real ACM certificate for the exact string *.compute-1.amazonaws.com and for your specific instance DNS name. It’s public and trusted by all browsers.

Step-by-step

  1. Open ACM in us-east-1 (N. Virginia) — this is mandatory
    https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/acm/home

  2. Request a public certificate → click “Request”

Roman to Integer Walkthrough - Step-by-Step Mermaid Visuals


Problem

Convert a Roman numeral string into an integer.

Roman numerals:

A Workflow to Generate a new Project

Steps

  • Think of a persona (Name, Job Title) and a Software Tech Stack.
  • Go To DecaDeas Input your Persona, Job Title and Tech Stack frm the previous step.
  • Download the generated markdown files to your local computer.
  • Go to Grok and attach all of the Markdown files from the previous step as context.
  • add a prompt to the conversation in grok along with th context from the previous step Using all of these md files Lets build out a really comprehensive PRD markdown file that holds all of the data in depth of this project, make sure to include executive summary and technical summary and diagrams and elaborate on the data where relevant

Labs DS Setup - Presenter Script

Project: Bander Snatch
Duration: ~7-8 minutes


[0:00] Introduction

Hello and welcome to the Labs DS Setup tutorial. I'm going to walk you through the process of pulling the Labs DS project locally and getting everything configured for Unit 1, Sprint 2. By the end of this video, you'll have a fully functional development environment ready to start coding.

Labs DS Setup Guide

Project: Bander Snatch - Hoylake Computer Club Data Science Labs
Course: Unit 1, Sprint 2

1. Access Starter Repository

  1. Navigate to Unit 1, Sprint 2 → Module 1: Onboarding & Planning
  2. Scroll to Local Setup section
  3. Click the link to the Bander Snatch Starter repository

Roman to Integer Conversion Flow

This document explains the romanToInt function, which converts a Roman numeral string to its integer equivalent. The function is implemented in JavaScript and handles standard Roman numeral rules, including subtractive cases (e.g., IV = 4). Below, we provide a Mermaid flowchart to visualize the algorithm's flow and a step-by-step example for the input "XIV".

Function Overview

The romanToInt function takes a string s of Roman numerals and returns the corresponding integer. It uses a dictionary to map Roman symbols to their values and processes the string from left to right, handling subtractive cases by checking if the next symbol has a greater value.

Code

Diagrams for "MCMXCIV"

This document illustrates the execution of three solutions for the "Roman to Integer" problem (LeetCode 13) using the valid Roman numeral string "MCMXCIV" (1994). The solutions are:

  • First Pass: Naive addition of each symbol’s value.
  • Second Pass: Compare adjacent symbols to handle subtractive cases.
  • Final Solution: Single-pass addition with correction for subtractive cases.

Each solution is visualized with a Mermaid sequence diagram showing the step-by-step processing of "MCMXCIV". A flowchart for the Final Solution’s logic is also included, with notes on how it differs for the other solutions.

Flowchart: Algorithm Logic (Final Solution)

Understanding For Loops in JavaScript

A for loop in JavaScript is a way to repeat a block of code a specific number of times or until a condition is met. It’s commonly used when you know how many times you want to run the loop or need to iterate over a sequence, like numbers, elements in an array, or characters in a string. This guide breaks down the for loop into its simplest parts, focusing on the syntax like (let i = 0; i < someValue; i++), with examples to make it clear for beginners.

What is a For Loop?

A for loop runs a block of code repeatedly based on a condition. It’s structured to initialize a counter, check a condition, and update the counter after each iteration. Here’s the basic syntax:

for (initialization; condition; update) {
 // Code to execute in each iteration

URL Shortener Diagrams

This markdown file contains various diagrams illustrating the system design, flows, and architecture of the URL Shortener microservice. All diagrams are rendered using Mermaid syntax for easy visualization in compatible viewers (e.g., GitHub, Markdown editors with Mermaid support).

1. High-Level Architecture Diagram

This flowchart shows the overall system components and their interactions.

graph TD
 A[Client/User] --&gt;|"POST /api/shorten"| B[API Gateway/Controller]