2 min lesson
EKS / Kubernetes internals
Put this idea into your own words: "The control plane (API server, etcd, scheduler, controllers) is AWS-managed and decides what should run where."
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You can't operate a cluster at 1M+ DAU scale by treating it as a black box that "runs containers." When pods go Pending or get OOM-killed at 3am, the person who knows the path from manifest to running process is the one who fixes it.
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Manifest to Running Process
Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.
diagram: flow
The path a pod travels - and the readiness gate that decides when it takes traffic.