Re:Terraform 1.0
by asenchi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:40PM
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for_each is an anti-pattern for reliable Terraform IMO. Not sure it was worth the wait and there isn't much out there that can compare with the simplicity of Terraform.
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Re:Terraform 1.0
by devonbleak on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:45PM
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WAY more reliable than count which would do screwy things like rename a bunch of stuff and delete the last item if you removed an item from the middle of a list.
Complex architectures and reusable module encapsulation require a bit more complexity than HCL1 was capable of describing IMO (and apparently the O of most of the Internet). That doesn't necessarily make it less reliable.
Could I describe my infrastructure "reliably" just using raw resources with no loops? Sure but that sounds like a nightmare to both build and maintain.