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Vaultยฎ was originally just a strategy + brand identity project.
But I wanted to see how the system would translate into a real digital experience, so I'm building the website in Framer.
WIP๐
Looks really good so far. Love seeing the brand come to life in Framer.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
Here's the trade-off I actually weigh before recommending either.
EKS gives you real power:
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Fine-grained scheduling and control
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A massive ecosystem
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Portability across clouds
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Handles very large, complex workloads
But EKS is a system you operate. Someone has to own:
โ Cluster upgrades and node groups
โ Networking, RBAC, security policies
โ The endless YAML
On a 3โ5 person team, that someone becomes a full-time job nobody budgeted for.
For most early teams, I reach for ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ:
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No nodes to manage
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No control plane to babysit
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Host patching, scaling, capacity all handled by AWS
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You hand it a container and a task definition; it runs
The trade-offs, honestly:
โ Less low-level control
โ Tighter coupling to AWS
โ Very large or specialized workloads will outgrow it
The rule I keep coming back to:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด so your engineers build the product, not operate the platform.
Kubernetes is a great answer to a question most early teams aren't asking yet.
Pick the boring option that lets you sleep. Graduate to EKS the day you genuinely feel Fargate's limits most teams never do.
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