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What to think about when you are thinking about switching to OpenTofu
How can IaC help build more robust software systems?
Reasons include, but are not limited to, durability, versioning, RBAC, and location permanence.
When you use Terraform or OpenTofu to manage your infra, are you getting cloud portability for free?
They are *the* place to capture context around code changes.
What setup gives other teams access they need to configure infra while still keeping prod solid?
Spoiler: it’s not good.
Do you like fast applies, the principle of least privilege, and small blast radii?
Are you avoiding automation because you’re worried about mistakenly deleting a database or application cluster?
But it seemed like such a good idea at the time...
How a novel proposal to address this issue reveals the root problem.
What folks miss when they read the DHH article about moving off the cloud.
