[toomuchtodo]

I very much agree! With that said, I would argue that Terraform and other IaC tools make infra more predictable but not extremely predictable. The predictably is a function of the consistency, complexity, and failure modes of an execution context. It brings order to chaos, but you will still have some annoying or white knuckle chaos at times. Understanding that is key to effectively wielding the tools. My thesis is infrastructure will likely never be as deterministic as code due to its nature, and if you mistakenly treat them as equals, you’re gonna have a bad time.