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I’ve been trying to get my team to adopt a more consistent approach to managing our cloud environments, but honestly, I’m starting to wonder if we’re overcomplicating things. We keep debating whether to enforce a strict everything-as-code policy or allow some manual console work for speed. I see the value in codifying our infrastructure, but sometimes it feels like the process slows us down more than it helps. Has anyone else felt stuck in this middle ground?

I feel that tug between control and speed when we talk about infrastructure as code and the console chaos this debate creates

Codifying things brings repeatability and audits but it can slow experiments and make fixes feel like a project rather than a change

I'm not convinced the middle ground exists as a real plan yet it is nice to say we mix both but the friction stays

Maybe the real question is what outcomes we need and what risk we tolerate rather than where code ends and where the console begins, is that framing you want to debate?

One idea is guardrails with clear runbooks so speed can come from approved surfaces not ad hoc clicks

Writing infrastructure as code like a living contract means reviews and ownership matter more than the tool set

Immutability and idempotency are ideas that can help but you still need someone to own the patches and watch for drift

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