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Workflow Deep Dive

LinkedIn Draft β€” Workflow (2025-12-02)

πŸš€ How Terraform DAGs actually execute

Short, advanced explainer β€” practical & principle-focused.

Workflow
1️⃣ Terraform builds a dependency graph, compares state vs config, then executes a plan.
2️⃣ Use depends_on sparingly; prefer implicit references.
3️⃣ Validate with terraform graph to spot cycles.
4️⃣ Guard with OPA/Checkov before apply.

Key takeaway: Confidence > speed. Guardrails and observability turn velocity into reliability.

πŸ”— Deep dive: https://neeraja-portfolio-v1.vercel.app/workflows/terraform-dag

terraform #iac #devops #sre

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