Plan before merge is a Terraform workflow pattern where terraform plan runs on every pull request so reviewers can see exactly what infrastructure changes will occur before approving.
The companion to 'Terraform the Hard Way.' Same twenty-one crossroads, framed against what each one looks like under a framework that's already made the decisions. With concrete Atmos snippets at every step.
A guided checklist of every decision you'll make on the road from `terraform apply` to production. Not a recommendation — an education. Borrowed in spirit from Kelsey Hightower's 'Kubernetes the Hard Way.'
An internal developer platform is the icing on the cake — the reward for getting the foundation underneath into shape. Here's what I've learned about when the icing actually delivers, and why a framework matters more than the portal.
Teams keep telling themselves infrastructure is simple. 'It's just Terraform.' 'A contractor can clean it up.' Here's what those assumptions actually cost.
Open source Terraform module libraries are infrastructure's equivalent of npm and PyPI—battle-tested foundations that become even more critical when AI enters the picture.