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Technology

Terraform’s License Change and Its Implications

On 10 August 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform from MPL 2.0 to Business Source License v1.1, which prohibits building competing products. For 95% of teams using Terraform internally, the practical impact is nil. Teams building SaaS products on top of Terraform need to review their situation or consider OpenTofu.

Architecture

HashiCorp Vault for Secrets Management

Vault centralises secrets with automatic rotation, a full audit trail and granular access policies. A practical guide for teams moving beyond a .env file: the concepts you actually need, the setup that works, and the mistakes that make the migration painful.