A new project was deployed on AWS aiming to address Wi-Fi connectivity issues at a beach house by providing notifications about internet status.
The project involves repurposing an old Galaxy A5 device to send periodic requests to a Node.js backend deployed on an AWS EC2 instance, which monitors internet connectivity through a heartbeat endpoint.
AWS SES is utilized to send email alerts when the internet connection is lost or restored, offering peace of mind to the users.
Challenges and learnings included region-specific email verification for AWS SES, spam issues with Gmail addresses as senders, and strategies to minimize costs using AWS Free Tier services.