ChaiCart
Learn cloud computing by building a chai startup—and keeping it alive through outages, surprises, and a little friendly competition.
Built with
- HTML / CSS
- JavaScript
- Node.js demo
- Azure / Dynatrace
What it does
ChaiCart turns cloud computing into something you can run, break and understand. In this two-day workshop, engineering students become founders of a fictional ten-minute chai delivery startup.
The first day is about building in the cloud. The second introduces outages, cost surprises and an observability murder mystery. Slides, printable activities and a companion demo make the technical ideas tangible.
A closer look
Build a cloud business
Explore service models, architecture and cloud-native ideas through the chai startup.
Investigate an outage
Use logs, metrics, traces and change evidence in the Who Killed Checkout? activity.
Run the room
Facilitator guides, activity cards and reference quizzes support the workshop.
Keep learning
The materials link to a separate live workshop workspace and the permanent learner portal.