Configuration divergence is a result of change entropy in an environment that doesn't enforce referential integrity between loosely-coupled state or "state-at-a-distance". Simultaneously this allows the anti-pattern of action at a distance. This phenomenon is also called "Connascence" and I have also called this "meta-coupling"…
Reification and abstraction are 2 fundamental concepts on computer programming and how humans communicate in general. These 2 concepts are also guiding the development of the Forge Architect orchestration language. Abstraction is the process of creating an construct that captures the essence of that which is concrete. It can be…
The term configuration management has a long history beyond software development. When applied to software, people usually refer to the implementations of: CFEngine Puppet Chef Ansible Salt Docker Kubernetes Terraform Fleet And lots more... In a nutshell, configuration management in software refers the process of configuring the servers, and then…