user
You've mentioned using IaC tools like Terraform and Pulumi. John, how do you decide which tool is most suitable for automating infrastructure provisioning across diverse cloud environments, and what benefits have you observed from using these tools?
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What I do like about these projects is the amount of freedom that comes with them and the ability to make and implement things from scratch. The freedom for innovation also allows for scalability, and that benefits me greatly. Also there is a huge cost aspect and there can be also many learnings to be made, so that all can be applied.I can show and demonstrate a system that can be fully reproducible in a fully easy format, where things can be delivered correctly, with all automated testings. Having that is essential and makes so much sense. You cannot not have those systems. You will be surprised there are so many people that do not. You have to try it with those tools. To choose from Terraform and other tools, I evaluate what is important. Scalability, cost and what I know. It is good to have this as it can be reproduced really easily in the future.