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Created by Mayank Pandey — AWS Community Hero, Cloud Architect, and FinOps practitioner.

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AWSIAMSecurity
Apr 28, 2026
AWS IAM Policies: The Complete Engineer's Guide
Identity-based, resource-based, SCPs, RCPs, permissions boundaries, session policies, and VPC endpoint policies — what each type controls, how AWS evaluates them together, and how they combine in enterprise architectures.
AIFinOps
Apr 25, 2026
AI Is Not a Strategy: Why Blind Adoption Is Burning Your Budget
Companies rushed to cloud without changing how they worked. Now they're doing the same with AI. The bill is coming. Here is what thoughtful AI adoption actually looks like.
AWSGCPAzureSecurity
Apr 21, 2026
Stop Using Long-Term Credentials: The IAM Key Problem Across AWS, GCP and Azure
Long-term credentials are one of the most common causes of cloud breaches. Here is what they look like in AWS, GCP and Azure — and what to use instead.
AWSServerless
Apr 18, 2026
AWS Lambda: The Complete Engineer's Guide
Everything a practising cloud engineer needs to know about AWS Lambda — invocation modes, concurrency model, cold starts, layers, error handling, and configuration best practices.
AWSFinOps
Apr 14, 2026
7 AWS Settings You Should Configure Today to Cut Your Cloud Bill
Seven native AWS configurations that are off or unset by default. No third-party tools. No architecture overhaul. Just toggles and policies that save real money.
AWSDatabase
Apr 11, 2026
AWS RDS & Aurora: A Deep Dive into Managed Relational Databases
Everything you need to know about AWS RDS and Aurora — engine types, CLI commands, Multi-AZ, read replicas, backup, restore, architecture differences, security, and cost tricks.
FinOpsAWSCloud Economics
Apr 07, 2026
Cloud Cost Thinking: What No One Tells You Before You Get the Bill
Cloud is not on-prem with a monthly subscription. How every role in IT — developer, architect, manager, FinOps — makes decisions that show up on the bill.
AWSAzureGCPArchitecture
Apr 04, 2026
Enterprise Cloud Hierarchy: AWS, Azure, and GCP Side by Side
Every cloud has a hierarchy. AWS calls them Organizations and OUs. Azure calls them Management Groups. GCP calls them Folders. How they differ and what it means for your enterprise.
AWSArchitecture
Mar 31, 2026
From On-Prem to AWS: Building a Production-Grade 3-Tier App
Why every AWS service exists — starting from what the business actually needs, not the other way around.
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Mayank Pandey

About the Author

Mayank Pandey

AWS Community Hero and Cloud Architect with 15+ years of experience. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, FinOps Practitioner, and AWS Authorized Instructor. Creator of the KnowledgeIndia YouTube channel (80,000+ subscribers). Based in Melbourne, Australia.