Gabriel Levasseur

Roadblock Title:

Terraform Anti-Patterns That Don’t Scale (and What to Do Instead)

Time:

Tuesday - 10:30 AM (Tower D)

Abstract:

In this talk, we’ll explore the Terraform anti-patterns that seem harmless at first but turn into major scaling pain: god modules that do everything, fake abstractions that help no one, deeply nested modules, and directories organized by resource type. We’ll dissect why these patterns emerge, what makes them fail, and how to replace them with design choices that actually scale. Whether you’re a DevOps engineer, platform team member, or a fintech engineer writing your first Terraform module, you’ll walk away with a toolkit of principles and examples to keep your infrastructure code clean, scalable, and user-friendly — no matter how fast your organization grows.

Bio:

Gabe Levasseur is an engineering leader who’s spent the last decade wrangling cloud infrastructure at fintechs and high-growth startups. He’s passionate about making Terraform (and infrastructure in general) less painful and more empowering for engineers.