Cloud Mastery · 63 modules · 2026 edition
The cloud runs the world. Now learn to run it.
From the basics of compute and storage to deploying production LLMs and agentic systems on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Every concept linked to a real architecture diagram.
Cloud by the numbers
The infrastructure layer of every modern app
$700B+
Cloud market in 2026
IDC 2025
94%
Enterprises on multi-cloud
Flexera 2025
3
Hyperscalers run the planet
AWS · Azure · GCP
25K+
GPUs in a frontier training cluster
Meta · xAI 2025
Twenty years of cloud
From 'rent a server' to 'deploy an agent'
AWS S3 + EC2 launch
The cloud era begins. Bezos famously declares cloud the next $50B business.
GCP App Engine
Google enters the cloud market. The hyperscaler race begins.
Azure GA
Microsoft launches Azure publicly. Eventually grows to dominate enterprise cloud.
AWS Lambda
Serverless arrives. 'You don't manage servers anymore' becomes a real engineering option.
Kubernetes everywhere
All three hyperscalers ship managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE). Container-orchestration goes mainstream.
Cloud-first dominates
COVID + remote work + digital transformation = cloud workloads cross 50% of enterprise IT.
Generative-AI on cloud
AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI launch. Hyperscalers become the default LLM gateway.
Agentic deployments
Cloud platforms ship native agent infrastructure. Bedrock Agents, Azure AI Studio, Vertex Agent Builder.
The model gateway era
Production AI is now 90% 'call a managed model on a hyperscaler' and 10% 'train your own.' Cloud is the platform.
Vocabulary
Six cloud terms you'll use every day
Concept
Region
A geographic area with multiple isolated data centers (availability zones).
Like: A city. The data centers inside are different neighborhoods.
e.g. us-east-1, eu-west-1
Concept
Availability Zone
An isolated data-center cluster within a region. Different power, network, building.
Like: Different neighborhoods of the same city — one fire doesn't take down all.
e.g. us-east-1a, us-east-1b
Concept
Auto-scaling
Automatically adding/removing compute as demand changes.
Like: Restaurant adding/removing servers as customers arrive.
e.g. AWS ASG, GCP MIG, Azure VMSS
Concept
Managed service
A service the cloud runs for you. You consume an API; the provider handles ops.
Like: Renting a serviced apartment vs. owning a house.
e.g. RDS, BigQuery, Cosmos DB
Concept
Serverless
Run code without provisioning or managing servers. Pay per request.
Like: Public utility — you don't run a power plant for one toaster.
e.g. Lambda, Cloud Functions, Azure Fns
Concept
Egress
Data leaving the cloud — usually billed; ingress is free.
Like: Free to drive into the toll road, expensive to drive out.
e.g. $0.09/GB AWS internet egress
“There is no cloud — it's just someone else's computer. But that someone else has built it 1000× better than you ever will, and that's the point.”
The curriculum
Five categories. 63 modules.
Foundations first, then deep dives into each major hyperscaler, then the production patterns for shipping ML and agentic AI on every cloud.