AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a managed container service designed to run and deploy containers, similar to Kubernetes, but specific to AWS, allowing users to set up, launch, and monitor Docker containers within a specified cluster. The article highlights AWS ECS's benefits such as being beginner-friendly, cost-effective, offering auto-scaling, and providing a serverless option through AWS Fargate, which automatically provisions resources for container deployment. A step-by-step guide is provided for deploying a Django application using AWS ECS, starting from creating a Docker container locally, pushing it to AWS's Elastic Container Registry, setting up a cluster, creating task definitions, and finally running the task on an EC2 instance. The process involves configuring security settings to allow HTTP requests to the deployed application, demonstrating the ease and efficiency of deploying containerized applications using AWS ECS. The piece concludes by recommending Earthly for enhancing build process efficiency, particularly for those already utilizing Docker containers.