Terraform & IaC Podcast
Infrastructure as code at scale — state boundaries, module ownership, OpenTofu/Terragrunt, CI/CD for applies, and the operating-model problems that show up before the HCL does.
About the Terraform & IaC hub
Terraform pain is rarely a syntax problem. It is an operating-model problem expressed in HCL: state boundaries drawn too late, modules nobody owns, promotion paths that leak blast radius, and review workflows that assume a human read every line. These episodes collect the practitioner conversations and news stories where IaC structure actually matters.
Expect candid talk on state files, paved roads, drift, policy-as-code, and the platform decisions that make Terraform sustainable as service teams multiply — not another module-of-the-week demo.
Episodes on Terraform & IaC
Ship It Conversations: Evan Phoenix of Miren on Deployment Pain, Terraform, Waypoint, and Better Defaults for Small TeamsEpisode: Ship It Conversations: Evan Phoenix of Miren on Deployment Pain, Terraform, Waypoint, and Better Defaults for Small TeamsThis is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly, separate from the weekly news recaps.In this Ship It: Conversations episode, I talk with Evan Phoenix of Miren…
Ship It Conversations: Jake Warner on Cycle.io, Bare Metal’s Comeback, and Why Private Cloud Is Getting Interesting AgainEpisode: Ship It Conversations: Jake Warner on Cycle.io, Bare Metal’s Comeback, and Why Private Cloud Is Getting Interesting AgainThis is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly, separate from the weekly news recaps.In this Ship It: Conversations episode, I talk with Jake Warner, founder and…
CISA’s GitHub Leak, AI Root Cause Analysis, Copilot Agents, Claude Code in CI/CD, and Kubernetes Seccomp RiskEpisode: CISA’s GitHub Leak, AI Root Cause Analysis, Copilot Agents, Claude Code in CI/CD, and Kubernetes Seccomp RiskThis episode of Ship It Weekly is about secrets, agents, risky defaults, and follow-up work that never gets done. Brian covers the CISA contractor GitHub leak involving AWS…
Ship It Conversations: Gareth Kersey on IaCConf 2026, AI, and Corey Quinn’s Terraform KeynoteEpisode: Ship It Conversations: Gareth Kersey on IaCConf 2026, AI, and Corey Quinn’s Terraform KeynoteThis is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly, separate from the weekly news recaps.This episode is not sponsored. I wanted to cover IaCConf because the theme…
GitHub Actions Hardening, Airbnb Config Rollouts, Cloudflare Rust Restarts, ECS Managed Daemons, and Terraform Access ControlsEpisode: GitHub Actions Hardening, Airbnb Config Rollouts, Cloudflare Rust Restarts, ECS Managed Daemons, and Terraform Access ControlsThis episode of Ship It Weekly is about the quiet platform work that keeps things safe before they break. Brian covers GitHub Actions hardening in Kubernetes-related repos, Airbnb’s…
Ship It Conversations: Ang Chen on Project Vera, AI Cloud Emulation, and Safer Infrastructure TestingEpisode: Ship It Conversations: Ang Chen on Project Vera, AI Cloud Emulation, and Safer Infrastructure TestingThis is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly, separate from the weekly news recaps.In this Ship It: Conversations episode, I talk with Ang Chen from the…
Azure VM Control Plane Outage, GitHub Agent HQ (Claude + Codex), Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini CLI, MCPEpisode: Azure VM Control Plane Outage, GitHub Agent HQ (Claude + Codex), Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini CLI, MCPThis week on Ship It Weekly, Brian hits four “control plane + trust boundary” stories where the glue layer becomes the incident.Azure had a platform incident that impacted…
Ship It Conversations: Human-in-the-Loop Fixer Bots and AI Guardrails in CI/CD (with Gracious James)Episode: Ship It Conversations: Human-in-the-Loop Fixer Bots and AI Guardrails in CI/CD (with Gracious James)This is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly (separate from the weekly news recaps).In this Ship It: Conversations episode I talk with Gracious James Eluvathingal about…
Fail Small, IaC Control Planes, and Automated RCAEpisode: Fail Small, IaC Control Planes, and Automated RCAThis week on Ship It Weekly, Brian kicks off the new year with one theme: automation is getting faster, and that makes blast radius and oversight matter more…
Ship It Conversations: From Full-Stack to Cloud/DevOps, One Project at a Time (with Eric Paatey)Episode: Ship It Conversations: From Full-Stack to Cloud/DevOps, One Project at a Time (with Eric Paatey)This is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly (separate from the weekly news recaps).I sat down with Eric Paatey, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer who’s been…
Ship It Conversations: The WHY Behind DevOps, Upskilling, and Agentic AI (with Maz Islam)Episode: Ship It Conversations: The WHY Behind DevOps, Upskilling, and Agentic AI (with Maz Islam)This is a Ship It Weekly conversation episode. The weekly news recaps are still weekly. These interviews drop in between when I find someone worth talking to and…
GitHub Runner Pricing Pause, Terraform Cloud Limits, and AI in CIEpisode: GitHub Runner Pricing Pause, Terraform Cloud Limits, and AI in CIThis week on Ship It Weekly, Brian looks at how the “platform tax” is showing up everywhere: pricing model shifts, CI dependencies, and new security boundaries thanks to…
IBM Buys Confluent, React2Shell, and Netflix on AuroraEpisode: IBM Buys Confluent, React2Shell, and Netflix on AuroraIn this episode of Ship It Weekly, Brian powers through a cold and digs into a very “infra grown-up” week in DevOps.First up, IBM is buying Confluent for…
AWS re:Invent for Platform Teams, GKE at 130k Nodes, and Killing StagingEpisode: AWS re:Invent for Platform Teams, GKE at 130k Nodes, and Killing StagingIn this episode of Ship It Weekly, Brian looks at re:Invent through a platform/SRE lens and pulls out the updates that actually change how you design and run…
Kubernetes Shake-ups, Platform Reality, and AI-Native SREEpisode: Kubernetes Shake-ups, Platform Reality, and AI-Native SREIn this episode of Ship It Weekly, Brian digs into 3 big themes for anyone running Kubernetes or building internal platforms.First, Kubernetes is officially retiring Ingress NGINX and…
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Frequently asked questions
What does the Terraform & IaC hub cover?
Episodes on infrastructure as code at scale: state boundaries, module ownership, OpenTofu and Terragrunt, CI/CD for plans and applies, drift, and the operating-model decisions that matter more than HCL syntax.
Is this for beginners or platform teams?
It is aimed at practitioners whose Terraform has outgrown simple examples — platform, DevOps, and cloud teams wrestling with structure, ownership, and governance.
How do episodes get matched?
Auto-matched when titles, keywords, or show notes mention Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, IaC, state files, modules, or drift.
How is this different from the cloud hub?
Cloud is the hyperscaler and migration picture; Terraform is the IaC operating model on top — state, modules, promotion paths, and pipeline contracts.
Where can I subscribe?
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