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Drift Isn’t a Detection Problem, It’s an Ownership Problem

September 1, 2026 by deniscooper@me.com
Terraform Drift Ownership

Terraform drift ownership is what actually closes out drift, not detection. Here’s how to assign it, respond to it, and stop it reopening.

Categories AZURE, GOVERNANCE, pipelines, RBAC, TERRAFORM Tags ARCHITECTURE, AZURE WAF, TERRAFORM, Well-Architected Framework Leave a comment

Platform Design for AI Generated Code: A Governance Guide

June 30, 2026 by deniscooper@me.com
Platform Design for AI Generated Code: A Governance Guide

Scanning catches what’s broken. Platform design decides what’s possible. A practical guide to guardrails, golden paths, and AI tooling.

Categories AZURE, AI, AI AGENTS, Development, pipelines Tags AI, AZURE, GOVERNANCE, platform design, platform engineering, SECURITY Leave a comment

What Your Pipeline Can Actually Catch: Building the AI Code Scanning Layer

June 23, 2026 by deniscooper@me.com
AI generated code pipeline scanning

AI tools generate code fast. Your pipeline needs to catch what they get wrong. Here’s how to build a scanning layer across IaC, containers, and application code.

Categories TERRAFORM, AZURE DEVOPS, GitHub, IaC, pipelines, SECURITY Tags aure devops, GitHub, IaC, PIPELINES, SECURITY, TERRAFORM Leave a comment

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