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I added a tag directly to an EC2 instance in AWS, then ran my Terraform drift detector. The change was classified as LOW, Lambda started a separate remediation build, and Terraform removed the tag automatically.
One flat file works until it doesn't, here is how to fix that
Stop storing your state locally, here is the right way to do it on AWS
I wanted to stop consuming Terraform modules and start writing them. The best way I know how to learn something is to build something real, break it, fix it, and understand why it works. So I sat down and built a full three tier AWS architecture from scratch, no copy paste, no AI, just me, the Terraform docs, and a lot of errors. Here is what I ended up with and what I learned along the way.