---
title: "Samar Prakash (@samarp) | Hashnode"
description: "Passionate Software Engineer"
url: "https://hashnode.com/@samarp"
---

@samarp

# Samar Prakash

@samarp · Joined May 2026

### [Stop Paying a Streaming Bus to Carry Bytes That Live for Ninety Seconds](https://samarp.hashnode.dev/stop-paying-a-streaming-bus-to-carry-bytes-that-live-for-ninety-seconds?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How a shared filesystem outbox beats Kinesis on cost for short-lived transitional data. Design, code, cost math, and failure modes.

34 min read · [samarp.hashnode.dev](https://samarp.hashnode.dev/stop-paying-a-streaming-bus-to-carry-bytes-that-live-for-ninety-seconds?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/stop-paying-a-streaming-bus-to-carry-bytes-that-live-for-ninety-seconds/6a1be98ef77c84962ea8efa7)

### [When Two Containers on the Same Host Are Shouting Through a Load Balancer](https://samarp.hashnode.dev/when-two-containers-on-the-same-host-are-shouting-through-a-load-balancer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Replace internal load balancers with Unix Domain Sockets for ECS-on-EC2 services on the same host. Faster, cheaper, production-ready.

33 min read · [samarp.hashnode.dev](https://samarp.hashnode.dev/when-two-containers-on-the-same-host-are-shouting-through-a-load-balancer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-two-containers-on-the-same-host-are-shouting-through-a-load-balancer/6a1be633f77c84962ea78ad0)