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Let's talk about Terraform/OpenTofu - the tools that promised to revolutionize infrastructure management but instead gave us a masterclass in why "declarative" doesn't mean "predictable." After 10+ years in the trenches, here are the real issues nobody talks about.

Then there's the Plan vs Apply Russian Roulette. terraform plan cheerfully shows you'll create 5 resources. terraform apply somehow destroys half your infrastructure and creates 3 resources you never asked for.

The gap between plan and reality is where careers go to die, and we've all learned to hold our breath during every apply.

Provider inconsistency is another nightmare. Each cloud provider implements Terraform differently. AWS provider works one way, Azure has its own special interpretation, GCP throws curveballs. "Multi-cloud" they promised. "Consistent experience" they said.