The OSS IaC Tooling Face-off for Modern Cloud Native Ops

Explore the evolution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling and its impact on modern cloud-native operations in this DevConf.US 2024 conference talk. Dive into the strengths of various popular IaC tools and examine key challenges faced by DevOps, SRE, and Platform engineering teams. Analyze how different tools address disaster recovery, security, cost, performance, and complexity issues. Participate in an interactive discussion comparing CDK, Pulumi, Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm, and ArgoCD, evaluating their effectiveness in tackling contemporary cloud-native challenges. Gain insights into tool selection, potential migration strategies, and the integration of multiple tools for diverse use cases and technology stacks.