Top 10 resources to learn cloud architecture (practical, not theory):
1) AWS Well-Architected Framework: common failure modes review checklists
2) Google Cloud Architecture Framework: tradeoffs, reliability, cost, security
3) Azure Architecture Center: solid reference designs service mapping
4) Book: Designing Data-Intensive Applications: data scaling patterns you’ll use daily
5) Book: Cloud Native Patterns (Richardson): microservice/infra patterns with examples
6) Blog: Adrian Cockcroft: real ops lessons, scaling, org constraints
7) Blog: Netflix TechBlog: resilience, chaos, caching, edge cases at scale
8) Course: AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Stephane Maarek): focused, exam forces breadth
9) Course: Terraform on HashiCorp Learn: IaC workflow, state, modules, drift
10) Practice project: build a 3-tier app with IaC CI/CD alerts (ALB/API, DB, queue, SLOs, budget alarms)