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Jayanth Katta
AWS Platform Engineer

Building resilient, scalable cloud systems with Terraform and GitOps. I write about what I learn — from IAM and VPCs to EKS, GitOps, and beyond.

AWS Terraform GitOps EKS / Kubernetes GitHub Actions IaC Linux Health & Longevity Cricket
30
Day AWS Terraform Challenge — Completed
AWS
Cloud Platform of Choice
IaC
Terraform-First Approach
Still Learning, Always Shipping

01 — About

The person behind the posts

I'm an AWS Platform Engineer at an organization mid-migration to the cloud. My focus is building the foundations that teams rely on — networking, IAM, compute, storage — done right, with infrastructure-as-code from day one.

I believe in understanding before doing. This site is a public record of that process: structured learning, hands-on challenges, and honest writeups of what worked and what didn't.

Outside of cloud architecture, I think a lot about Metabolic health, play Cricket for fun, and how compounding works — in systems and in life.

30
Day AWS Terraform Challenge — completed
AWS
Cloud platform of choice
IaC
Terraform-first infrastructure approach
Still learning, always shipping

02 — Writing

Latest posts

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03 — Skills

Tools I work with

Cloud & IaC
  • AWS95%
  • Terraform90%
  • CloudFormation75%
  • S3 Remote State90%
  • AWS Organizations80%
Containers & Orchestration
  • EKS85%
  • Docker88%
  • Kubernetes80%
  • Argo CD78%
  • ECS82%
CI/CD & GitOps
  • GitHub Actions90%
  • GitOps88%
  • Drift Detection85%
  • Pipeline Automation87%
Networking & Security
  • VPC Design92%
  • Transit Gateway80%
  • IAM93%
  • Security Groups90%
  • ALB / NLB85%

04 — Contact

Let's connect

I write about cloud infrastructure, share what I'm learning, and occasionally post about health and life. If you're working on interesting cloud problems or just want to talk AWS — reach out.

I'm especially interested in conversations about multi-account AWS architecture, Terraform at scale, and GitOps patterns in production environments.

05 — Tools

AWS Tools

Enter any IPv4 CIDR block to instantly calculate network details and get VPC subnet split suggestions.

10.0.0.0/16 172.31.0.0/20 192.168.1.0/24 10.0.0.0/8
AZs:
Network Address
Broadcast Address
Subnet Mask
First Usable IP
Last Usable IP
Usable Hosts
Total IPs
IP Class

Estimate monthly EC2 costs by instance type, region, OS, and usage hours. Prices are approximate On-Demand rates.

Select a resource type to generate a ready-to-use Terraform snippet with sensible AWS defaults.

// Terraform HCL

      

Paste an IAM policy JSON to check for common issues: wildcards, missing conditions, overly broad actions.