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Terraform Plan as a Pull Request Comment in GitHub Actions

Mar 6, 202612 min read

AI-Assisted IaC Reviews: Using Claude and Copilot to Audit Your Azure Terraform

Feb 16, 202612 min read

Setting up the Azure Terraform MCP Server in Visual Studio Code

If you've been using Copilot or Claude in VS Code to help write Terraform for Azure, you'll have hit the same wall I did: the model is confidently wrong about provider arguments more often than feels

Mar 30, 20268 min read

Terraform Stacks on Azure: Is it ready to replace Workspaces?

Dec 15, 20257 min read

Terraform Drift Detection in Azure: Finding and Fixing Configuration Drift

Sep 8, 202511 min read

Building a Reusable Terraform Module Library for Azure Teams

Every Azure team I have worked with eventually reaches the same tipping point. You start with a single Terraform repository, a few modules in a modules/ folder, and life is fine. Then a second team wa

Aug 26, 202510 min read

How to Configure Azure Web Apps Autoscaling using Terraform

One of the reasons people pick Azure App Service in the first place is the scalability when things get busy. That part is true, but only if someone has actually configured it to do so. Out of the box,

Jul 22, 20259 min read

How to Deploy Grafana on Azure Using Terraform

Grafana is one of the most popular open-source visualisation tools for monitoring systems, applications, and infrastructure. If you're running on Azure and want to automate the deployment of Grafana u

Jun 6, 20256 min read

Refactoring Terraform: Moving Resources Without Destroying Them

Anyone who has worked on a Terraform codebase for any length of time eventually hits the same problem: the code you wrote six months ago no longer fits how the project has grown. Resources sit in the

May 13, 20256 min read

Ultimate Guide to Using Azure DevOps CLI for Pipeline Runs

Most of us spend a fair amount of time clicking around the Azure DevOps portal to trigger pipelines, check run statuses, or pull logs out of a failed job. It works, but once you are doing it several t

Apr 29, 202512 min read

What are Azure Verified Modules (AVM) and how to use them with Terraform

Azure Verified Modules (AVM) for Terraform refers to a collection of verified and trusted Terraform modules specifically designed for use with Microsoft Azure. These modules have been reviewed and approved to ensure they meet high-quality standards a...

Mar 31, 20253 min read

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