Screaming in the Cloud Opening the Managed NAT Gateway with Malith Rajapakse
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May 15, 2025 Malith Rajapakse, a DevOps engineer known for his innovative visualizations, discusses simplifying the complexities of AWS's Managed NAT Gateway. He shares the inspiration behind his acclaimed blog post, highlighting the importance of clarity in technical writing. Malith dives into his transition from front-end development to DevOps, revealing challenges with AWS documentation and the motivation to create engaging content. Their conversation also emphasizes the need for more user-friendly resources in the tech world, making complex subjects accessible to all.
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Malith's Origin Story for Blog
- Malith was made redundant and sought a creative infra project but gravitated towards front-end due to lack of engaging infra ideas.
- Inspired by Josh Comer's interactive work, he spent two months crafting an engaging, interactive blog on the NAT Gateway.
Managed NAT Gateway Costs and Complexity
- Managed NAT Gateway is expensive at low and high usage, with no free tier and costly data charges.
- Despite criticisms, it's a technical marvel leveraging AWS Hyperplane, serving vital networking but misunderstood and disliked for costs.
Balancing Networking Basics and Cost Focus
- Malith has basic networking knowledge but not advanced, and he focused more on cost and ways to engage readers.
- He used interactive exercises to make dry topics like cost more interesting and accessible.