I’m not sure what precisely about Terraform makes me want to cry one minute and laugh another. It has to be something, or maybe it’s just me, but I'm not sure. Terraform made IAC (infrastructure as code) famous or infamous, depending on your view.
Just a few little lines of Terraform are all you need to spend buttloads of money, destroy architecture and bring a Data Platform to its knees. Or just a few lines of Terraform, and you look like a genius with everyone falling at your feet in worship.
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