Everyone does GitOps for Kubernetes. Can the same model govern plain cloud infrastructure, and what breaks in translation?

Distinguish a gated Terraform run workflow from a cloud controller that reconciles continuously. Both can start from Git, but they expose different approval, drift and credential boundaries.

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Distinguish a gated Terraform run workflow from a cloud controller that reconciles continuously. Both can start from Git, but they expose different approval, drift and credential boundaries.

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Next in this trackTerraform rotates the production database password tonight. Walk me through how every application survives the change.Next in this trackDesign the publishing flow for an internal Terraform module registry: what gates a release, and how do modules retire?Next in this trackA team proposes replacing Terraform with Crossplane so infrastructure is reconciled like a Deployment. Argue it.

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