From Cloud to Home: Migrating an AI Story Generator to Kubernetes

Overview A few months ago, I started a fun project: an AI-powered platform that generates unique bedtime stories for children. The idea was simple: use AWS Bedrock to create personalized stories with illustrations and audio narration, then deliver them via email subscriptions based on age groups. What started as a fully serverless application on AWS eventually evolved into a hybrid architecture, with the frontend running on my home Kubernetes cluster while keeping all the AI processing on AWS. This article tells the story of that journey. ...

July 15, 2025 · 8 min