Thank you Atul, glad it landed well! That friction point you mentioned is exactly why I wanted to document it this way because too many microservices tutorials skip straight to the theory and leave you wondering how to actually run the thing locally without losing your mind. The local-to-production connection was intentional too. Once you understand why Config Server has to boot first on your laptop, the production dependency chain on EKS makes complete sense. Same logic, higher stakes. Appreciate the kind words once again.