A visual metaphor showing infrastructure blocks forking into two paths - representing the Terraform to OpenTofu transition

You Broke My Heart, Terraform. Welcome OpenTofu

There is a particular kind of disappointment that comes not from failure, but from betrayal. Not the dramatic kind. The quiet kind. The kind where something you trusted, something you built around, something you advocated for, simply changes the rules. That is what the Terraform licensing shift felt like. Not a catastrophe. Not an emergency. Just a slow, uncomfortable realization that the ground had moved beneath our feet. The Relationship We Had Terraform was not just a tool. It was an idea. ...

January 1, 2026 · Uttam Jaiswal