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How We Cut Kubernetes Costs by 60% with Karpenter and Spot Instances
FeaturedFinOps & Cost Optimization
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

12 min read

November 15, 2025

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How We Cut Kubernetes Costs by 60% with Karpenter and Spot Instances

Deep dive into implementing Karpenter on Amazon EKS for cost-optimized autoscaling. Learn the architecture, Terraform setup, and best practices that delivered 60% compute cost savings while maintaining reliability.

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Production-Ready GitOps with Argo CD on AWS EKS
DevOps & GitOps
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

10 min read

November 8, 202513.8K views

Production-Ready GitOps with Argo CD on AWS EKS

Complete guide to implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD on Amazon EKS. Covers automated deployments, rollback stra...

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Automating SOC2 Compliance with AWS Security Services
Security & Compliance
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

14 min read

November 1, 202511.4K views

Automating SOC2 Compliance with AWS Security Services

Build a continuous compliance automation framework using AWS Security Hub, Inspector, Systems Manager, and Lambda. Autom...

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Serverless Orchestration: Migrating ETL Workloads to AWS Step Functions
Cloud Migration
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

11 min read

October 25, 202510.2K views

Serverless Orchestration: Migrating ETL Workloads to AWS Step Functions

Real-world case study of migrating compute-heavy ETL jobs to AWS Step Functions. Achieved 70% cost reduction and 40% per...

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Building Multi-Cluster Observability with Prometheus and Grafana
Observability & Monitoring
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

13 min read

October 18, 20259.6K views

Building Multi-Cluster Observability with Prometheus and Grafana

Design patterns for centralized monitoring across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Covers Prometheus federation, Grafana da...

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MLOps on AWS: Production ML Pipelines with SageMaker and Graviton
MLOps & AI Infrastructure
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Manthan Thakkar

Cloud Engineer

15 min read

October 10, 202512.7K views

MLOps on AWS: Production ML Pipelines with SageMaker and Graviton

Comprehensive guide to building production ML infrastructure with SageMaker pipelines, automated training/deployment, co...

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