Thoughts on Terraform state management, infrastructure parallelism, and building better developer tools.
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.
Why is Terraform so slow in plan and apply? Learn the real causes of Terraform slowness, the quick fixes that help, and the architectural fix.
Stategraph Velocity launched with fast plan and apply, parallel execution, and multi-state transactions. See the demo and why this changes Terraform workflows.
Stategraph Velocity is fast plan and apply for Terraform or OpenTofu, built by replacing the flat state file with a database-backed dependency graph.
Learn how to automate Terraform deployments with CI/CD pipelines, the right tooling, and smarter state management for faster, more reliable infrastructure.
What ephemeral environments are, how they improve testing workflows, and how to implement them in Kubernetes to speed up deployments and reduce costs.
Parallel execution cuts test suite time and removes Terraform lock waiting. Learn safe patterns and how Stategraph runs independent changes in parallel.
Learn what OpenTofu is, how it compares to Terraform, installation methods, key features like state encryption, and how to migrate your infrastructure code.
Terraform already walks a DAG during apply. But in-run parallelism isn't the bottleneck. The graph is ephemeral, not infrastructure.
Terragrunt exists because Terraform can't handle cross-state dependencies. Multi-state transactions execute them atomically. No run-all needed.
Terraform vs. CloudFormation explained with real operational trade-offs, state, drift, portability, workflows, governance, and when to use both together.
Learn what a GitOps workflow is, with a clear GitOps workflow diagram, the key components, and the tools teams use to ship changes safely and repeatably.