Pravesh Sudha

You suddenly post a blog after a long time and it won the Most beloved Kubernetes post of the week on DEV Community Forem

Sounds surreal 😅?
Well that happened to me today 🤌

Episode 4 of K8s-with-Pravesh is out!

Learn what happens when data is stored inside ETCD and Why Etcd fits best in the context of Kubernetes 🤨

🔗 dev.to/aws-builders/demystifying-kubernetes-etcd-i…

#Kubernetes #cloud #DevOps #devto #blogging

3 days ago | [YT] | 4

Pravesh Sudha

Hey Everyone 👋

Episode 5 of K8s-with-Pravesh is out!!

In this episode, we explored ETCD in context of Kubernetes and how it is different from any traditional Relational Database, and to add my secret sauce, I included a small practical demonstration where we use a simple nginx deployment to demonstrate how data is saved inside Etcd in namespace based cluster, and many more.

Check it out and share your valuable Feedback 👇🏻

dev.to/aws-builders/demystifying-kubernetes-etcd-i…

#DevOps #cloud #kubernetes #etcd #database

5 days ago | [YT] | 5

Pravesh Sudha

Hola Amigos 👋🚀

The new project video is finally out!

I explored ECS Express Mode vs Traditional ECS by deploying the same Flask Portfolio application using Terraform.

And this was actually a pretty interesting comparison.

With Traditional ECS, we manually configure the infrastructure ourselves.

With Express Mode, AWS takes care of a lot of the supporting infrastructure like:

🔹 Load Balancer
🔹 Target Groups
🔹 HTTPS
🔹 Scaling
🔹 Metrics & Alarms
🔹 Health Checks

So the big question was:

Is Express Mode actually better? 🤔

After building both, my verdict:

🧠 Traditional ECS → Learn & understand

🚀 Express Mode → Simplify & deploy

I also demonstrated application version changes and compared what happens with both approaches.

🎥 Watch the full project:
https://youtu.be/4N-FgHyH6N4

📝 Blog:
dev.to/aws-builders/ecs-express-mode-vs-traditiona…

💻 GitHub:
github.com/Pravesh-Sudha/terra-projects

And if you're learning Kubernetes, don't forget to check out my K8s-with-Pravesh series as well! ☸️

Traditional ECS or Express Mode — which one would you choose? 👇

1 month ago | [YT] | 5

Pravesh Sudha

𝗜𝘁 𝟭:𝟯𝟮 𝗔𝗠

I just finished recording for the 𝗘𝗖𝗦 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 Project, and honestly it feels SO GREAT!!

The Video will be out in a day or two!

Stay Tuned, Happy Learnings 🌟

#DevOps #Cloud #ecs #aws #awscommunity #containers #ecs

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1 month ago | [YT] | 8

Pravesh Sudha

Hola Amigos 👋🚀

New blog is out!

I've been experimenting with ECS Express Mode, and I wanted to answer a simple question:

How different is it from Traditional ECS?

So I built the same Flask portfolio application using both approaches with Terraform.

With Traditional ECS, we manually configure the infrastructure.

With Express Mode, AWS takes care of a lot of it for us — Load Balancer, Target Groups, HTTPS, scaling, metrics, alarms, health checks and more.

And after actually building both, my verdict is:

🧠 Traditional ECS → Learn & understand ECS

🚀 Express Mode → Deploy with less configuration

I also tested application version changes using v1 → v2 → v3.

I wrote everything down in a hands-on blog, including the Terraform configuration and my experience with both approaches.

📝 Read the blog here:
dev.to/aws-builders/ecs-express-mode-vs-traditiona…

And the YouTube video covering this project is coming soon 👀

Traditional ECS or Express Mode — which one would you pick?

1 month ago | [YT] | 6

Pravesh Sudha

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘀 👋🚀

Today I got hands-on with 𝗘𝗖𝗦 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲, and honestly, the level of abstraction surprised me.

You provide your Docker image + infrastructure role, and ECS Express Mode takes care of provisioning a production-ready setup with things like:

⚙️ Load Balancer & Target Groups
📊 Metrics & Alarms
📈 Auto Scaling
🌐 Networking
🔐 Security configuration
…and more.

But here's the interesting part 👀

How different is it from Traditional ECS?

That's exactly what I'm exploring in my upcoming video:

Traditional ECS 🆚 ECS Express Mode

I'll deploy the same application using both approaches and break down what Express Mode abstracts away, what you still need to understand, and when you should actually use one over the other.

My initial verdict:

ECS Express Mode → 🚀 Simpler & beginner-friendly
Traditional ECS → 🧠 Better for deep ECS understanding

🎥 Video: In progress — coming soon
📝 Blog: In progress — coming soon

PS: I have attached the code block for Express Mode, with just 25 lines we have a full production grade infrastructure

#Devops #aws #awscommunity #ecs #cloud #docker

1 month ago | [YT] | 5

Pravesh Sudha

🚨 Episode 4 of K8s With Pravesh is OUT!

Have you ever wondered what REALLY happens after you run:

kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

Most of us start with:

kubectl apply → Pod created.

But Kubernetes has a LOT more happening behind the scenes. 👀

In this episode, we're going inside the Kubernetes API Server and following the request through:

🔹 Authentication
🔹 RBAC
🔹 Admission Controllers
🔹 etcd
🔹 Watch Events
🔹 Controller Manager
🔹 Scheduler
🔹 Kubelet

I also show the API Server in action using kubectl proxy.

🎥 Watch Episode 4:
https://youtu.be/IjN0IO6Ie-U

If you're learning Kubernetes, this one should help you connect a lot of the dots.

Let me know what you think! ❤️

Happy Coding 👋

2 months ago | [YT] | 3

Pravesh Sudha

Late night Recordings 🚀

API Server deep dive is recorded, the video is will be out on weekend. Just love to learn and share my learnings in my own taste.

Stay Tuned!

#DevOps #Cloud #Kubernetes #community #YouTube

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2 months ago | [YT] | 7

Pravesh Sudha

🚪 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁!

When you run:
𝘬𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 -𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘭

...what actually happens inside the Kubernetes API Server?

Does it create Pods?
Why is it called the "heart" of Kubernetes?
How do Authentication, RBAC, Admission Controllers, and etcd fit into the picture?

I tried explaining the API Server in the simplest way possible, with diagrams, examples, and a hands-on demo using kubectl proxy.

📖 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
dev.to/aws-builders/api-server-explained-like-neve…

🎥 The YouTube video for Episode 4 is coming soon, so if you read the blog first, you'll already have a head start!

Happy Coding 👋

2 months ago | [YT] | 5

Pravesh Sudha

🚀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟯 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝟴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!

Ever wondered what actually happens after you run:
𝘬𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 -𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘭

Most tutorials stop at "your Pods are running."

In this episode, we go one step deeper and trace the complete journey—from your terminal to a running container inside a Kubernetes cluster.

🎥 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘄:
https://youtu.be/V55bUAa9U04

📖 Read the companion blog:
dev.to/aws-builders/what-really-happens-when-you-r…

💬 Let me know in the comments:
Which Kubernetes internal should we explore next?

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