Terraform AWS Cost Optimization Playbook: 11 Proven Tips

ControlMonkey mascot holding a cost-saving coin over AWS cloud, illustrating Terraform AWS cost optimization

That’s what I hear almost weekly from engineering leaders managing fast-growing AWS environments. Despite using Infrastructure as Code, many teams still struggle with Terraform AWS cost optimization due to invisible drift, inconsistent practices, and a “just ship it” mindset. Even with IaC in place, teams still overprovision, forget cleanup, or misconfigure storage — and AWS […]

Why Traditional CI/CD Fail for Cloud Infrastructure

For years, CI/CD pipelines have been the gold standard for software delivery—fast, repeatable, and reliable. But when it comes to cloud infrastructure, the model breaks down. It’s not that CI/CD is broken. It’s that infrastructure isn’t software. It has different constraints, different risks, and very different failure modes. And treating it like software introduces risk, […]

Terraform CI/CD Showdown: DIY or Buy?

Side by side visual- on the right piplines of Terraform that were DIY and on the left a solution that was buy out of the box

Automation-powered DevOps teams deploy changes multiple times a day; low performers do so less than twice a year. More than 80% of businesses have deployment delays that last about 3.8 months each year. Companies say the second biggest reason for these delays is a lack of automation.  Automation is a strategic imperative in software development. […]

Choosing the Right IaC Platform: What Really Matters at Scale

Multiple Doors that only one can be the right IaC Platform

If you care about resilience, governance, or avoiding 2am fire drills—you want your infrastructure in code. All of it. But increasing IaC coverage isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore. It’s the difference between control and chaos.  So if you’re trying to scale Terraform (or bring unmanaged resources under control) here’s a handy checklist for what to look […]

The Enterprise Cloud Just Got Tariff-ied. Now What?

In times of economic uncertainty, full cloud visibility and control are more important than ever. For years, we’ve all deployed cloud infrastructure region by region—but we’ve mostly managed it with a global mindset. Teams scaled infrastructure where growth demanded, optimized later, and correctly assumed regional differences would be modest and manageable. Now, in 2025, that assumption no […]

You Built Terraform Modules. Are Your Teams Actually Using Them?

T shape road with Terraform and OpenTufo modules with 2 signs - approve or denied

If you’re leading a platform or DevOps team, you’ve probably gone to the trouble of building Terraform Modules — those reusable, policy-compliant blueprints for common resources like Azure Storage Accounts, AWS S3 Buckets, or GCP Network Load Balancers. Like me, you probably did it because you wanted to move faster without sacrificing consistency – and […]

Infrastructure Eats Strategy

Rock chess piece with Cloud Icon of Terraform, OpenTufo being strategic Infrastructure

Every major strategic initiative enterprises are chasing in 2025 — global scale, digital customer experience, and AI, AI, AI — has one critical element dictating success or failure: infrastructure. More precisely, how strategically we cloud leaders manage our cloud infrastructure. Unfortunately, most parts of most enterprises still see “infra” like plumbing — something to maintain, […]

Why AI forces DevOps to be Faster

AI Icons out run DevOps Icons

Software development worldwide has seen a seismic shift recently, primarily brought about by the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has radically impacted software development, software testing, and deployment. As great as all of that has been, it also means that DevOps practices will have to adapt to match the frenetic pace of technology innovation. […]

Cloud Governance Best Practices: 5 Ways to Prevent Drift

5 Tips to better Cloud Governess

As a DevOps professional, you’ve likely spent weeks carefully designing and documenting your infrastructure to ensure everything runs smoothly. But over time, unexpected issues and vulnerabilities begin to surface. These aren’t just bugs—they’re symptoms of inconsistent cloud governance, especially common in fast-scaling DevOps environments. Without adopting cloud governance best practices, your once-reliable applications start to […]

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