Vibe-Coded Infrastructure: How to Ship Fast Without Torching Production

Short summary

AI can draft Terraform and shell scripts in seconds, but production changes must remain human-gated—never auto-apply. Safe workflow: always review terraform plans before apply, risk-check scripts for destructive commands (rm, drop, force-push), stage all changes to non-prod first, dry-run everything, and match scrutiny level to blast radius. This simple discipline moves the inevitable 'oh no' moment from production to a free terminal.

• •AI proposes infrastructure code; humans always approve—never auto-apply
• •Review terraform plans and risk-check destructive shell commands before any apply
• •Match scrutiny level to blast radius: dashboards need less review than IAM or database changes

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