ArticCon 2022 (continued)

IaC aka declaratively aka config files

pros	cons
most cloud providers terraform modules or SDKs are well supported	higher barrier to entry
forces automation	carries additional dependencies
knowledge of what you want to accomplish is required prior to implementing a new feature	not that great for initial exploratory work
can restrict this to service accounts
declarative / idempotent 1
auditing is easy
change log comes for free 2