Screaming in the Cloud The Latest State of IaC with Ido Neeman
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May 29, 2025 Ido Neeman, CEO and co-founder of Firefly, is on a mission to tame cloud chaos with Infrastructure as Code. He shares insights from the State of IaC 2025 report, revealing that while IaC adoption is high, many organizations are still tethered to legacy systems. Ido discusses the rise of open-source projects like Open Tofu and highlights the importance of disaster recovery as code. The conversation delves into the challenges of managing multi-cloud environments and underscores the necessity for robust cloud governance amidst evolving tech complexities.
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Reality of Multi-Cloud Usage
- Multi-cloud adoption is common, but workloads are usually segregated by cloud rather than deployed seamlessly across all clouds.
- The complexity lies in managing different apps in different clouds, not one app spanning multiple clouds.
Rise of Multi-IaC Usage
- Multi-IaC usage is increasing, with many organizations employing three or more IaC tools.
- Helm charts rank as the second most popular IaC tool, alongside Terraform’s dominance.
Lost Network Resource Disaster
- An enterprise lost a critical networking resource due to multiple IaC state files and team miscoordination.
- This caused downtime and conflict among teams, highlighting risks in large-scale IaC management.