IaC Tools Require Kubernetes Complexity for Basic State and Lifecycle Management
Platform engineers managing cloud infrastructure face painful state file locking, complex templating, and pressure to adopt Kubernetes for workloads that don't warrant it. Existing tools like Terraform solve some problems but introduce operational overhead. Praxis was built to fill this gap, confirming real demand for a simpler, opinionated alternative.
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