ywc-infra-optimize

Automate Terraform drift detection and cost right-sizing by using a tiered change-loop mechanism that cross-references cost data, blast-radius confirmation, and reversibility. It automatically remediates safe items while escalating high-risk stateful resource changes for human oversight.

Infrastructure reliability hardening is the process of tuning performance and removing orphaned resources in Terraform-managed environments. You need it when manual maintenance risks introduce drift, unused resources accumulate, or compute instances become over-provisioned.

Tiered remediation prevents outages by categorizing infrastructure changes into SAFE, CAUTION, and DANGER levels. It automatically executes safe items while escalating caution and danger items, ensuring no stateful resources are destroyed without human oversight.

Yes, you need Terraform to manage the environment and performance monitoring signals to validate changes. The process requires per-item Terraform plan verification and monitoring integration to ensure blast-radius safety during automated cleanup of unused resources.

Use an automated optimization loop that applies the Iron Law of three witnesses: cost data analysis, blast-radius confirmation, and reversibility. This ensures stateful resources are escalated for human approval rather than automatically destroyed during cleanup.

Per-item Terraform plan verification is required to ensure blast-radius safety by confirming the exact impact of each change before execution. It prevents accidental outages by validating that automated right-sizing and drift remediation actions stay within safe boundaries.