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Terraform backends explained: Types, config, and limits

Josh Pollara • April 9th, 2026
Terraform State Management Infrastructure DevOps Backends

Learn what Terraform backends are, how to configure local and remote options, and where the standard approach breaks down at scale.

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Engineering Log: Stategraph 1.0.0 and the month that made it real

Josh Pollara • March 26, 2026
Engineering Log Product Updates Stategraph Terraform Testing

Stategraph 1.0.0 shipped with full tfvars support, HCL parser improvements, and a testing overhaul. Here is the engineering work behind the milestone.

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Terraform Map Variables: A Practical Guide

Josh Pollara • March 26, 2026
Terraform Infrastructure DevOps

Learn how to use Terraform map variables with real examples, from basic declarations to for_each, lookup(), and map functions in HCL.

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What Is Terraform IaC? A Practical Guide

Josh Pollara • March 19, 2026
Terraform Infrastructure State Management

Learn what Terraform IaC is, how it works, the core concepts behind it, why teams adopt it for multi-cloud infrastructure, and how it compares with other IaC tools.

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Terraform's unit of work is too large

Josh Pollara • March 18, 2026
Terraform Performance Infrastructure

A real benchmark on an 800 MB Terraform state file: a no-op that took nearly 3 hours versus 97 seconds. The architectural argument behind the result.

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