Most infrastructure problems are not caused by bad tools.
They are caused by bad mental models.
If you think infrastructure is a sequence of commands, Terraform can feel unpredictable.
If you understand it as a declaration of intent, everything starts to click.
In this lesson, I explain what declarative infrastructure actually means and why Terraform is designed around desired state rather than execution order. We walk through the difference between imperative and declarative systems, why Terraform can safely plan changes, and how this model enables drift detection and correction over time.
There is no syntax to memorize in this video.
Only a mindset to adopt.
If Terraform has ever felt confusing, fragile, or “too magical,” this lesson will recalibrate how you think about it.