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A team wants to generate Terraform from YAML so non-engineers can ship infrastructure. Where do you agree, and where does it rot?

Generation works when the inputs are genuinely data and dies when YAML grows loops. The line between encoding decisions and writing a worse programming language is where these interviews are actually scored.

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Generation works when the inputs are genuinely data and dies when YAML grows loops. The line between encoding decisions and writing a worse programming language is where these interviews are actually scored.

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