Category: Infrastructure as Code

Terragrunt vs Terraform: What’s Actually Different

Amaresh Pelleti
terragrunt vs terraform architecture diagram showing DRY config, remote state generation, and the dependency graph

Terragrunt isn’t a Terraform competitor. It’s a thin wrapper that runs on top of OpenTofu or Terraform, and the confusion about what it actually adds is real enough that “terragrunt vs terraform workspaces” and “terragrunt vs terraform modules” are both… Read moreTerragrunt vs Terraform: What’s Actually Different

OpenTofu 1.13: What’s New (and Terraform Still Lacks)

Amaresh Pelleti
opentofu 1.13 release diagram showing state encryption, windows arm64 support, and new functions

OpenTofu 1.13.0 shipped on September 30, 2026. Officially-supported Windows on ARM64, a set of new functions, and upgrades to the state-encryption system it shipped ahead of Terraform. Here’s what actually changed, verified against the official release changelog, plus a close… Read moreOpenTofu 1.13: What’s New (and Terraform Still Lacks)

The terraform-docs GitHub Action: A Complete CI Setup Guide

Amaresh Pelleti
terraform-docs github action workflow showing checkout, generate, and auto-commit steps

The terraform-docs GitHub Action generates a Markdown table of every input, output, and variable in a Terraform module, then commits it straight into your README.md on every pull request. This assumes a working Terraform CLI setup already — see terraform… Read moreThe terraform-docs GitHub Action: A Complete CI Setup Guide