We were all sold a compelling vision of cloud computing: one filled with agility, endless scalability, and remarkable cost savings. Yet, for many of us in the trenches, the daily reality looks quite different. We find ourselves wrestling with an infrastructure model built on long-lived, static environments for development, testing, and staging. This old way of working has quietly become a massive drain on our resources, creating financial waste, operational headaches, and a growing list of security and environmental debts.
This isn’t just one problem; it’s a vicious cycle. The friction in our daily operations directly fuels the financial, security, and environmental burdens. To break free, we need more than just a new tool; we need to fundamentally rethink how we provision, manage, and consume infrastructure.