Deploying to Kubernetes on AWS can feel like a black box. You apply a manifest, resources spin up, and your application becomes reachable. But most devs never see what actually happens between that command and a live app.

This talk provides a clear, visual walkthrough of the full lifecycle of a Kubernetes deployment on AWS. We’ll trace what happens from the moment you run `kubectl apply`, to how the EKS control plane schedules pods, how worker nodes run your containers, how AWS load balancers are provisioned, and how traffic flows from the internet to your app.

This talk isn't about theory. It's about building a real mental model of how K8s and AWS work together behind the scenes. You will learn how core Kubernetes concepts map to AWS infrastructure and where to look when deployments fail or behave unexpectedly.

This talk is for developers and engineers who use K8s on AWS, or plan to, and want to move beyond treating it as magic. By the end, you will understand the architecture, components, and request flow well enough to debug issues confidently and design more reliable systems.