Abstract In this blog post, we’ll explore the common sources of friction that teams encounter when writing, deploying, supporting, and securing applications. We’ll examine various personas within a team and discuss how the HashiCorp stack, comprising Terraform, Vault, and Consul, can help alleviate these challenges and foster a high-functioning, content team. Introduction Friction is an ever-present challenge in the world of software development and IT operations. In today’s interconnected IT landscape, teams across various domains face a multitude of hurdles when it comes to writing, deploying, supporting, and securing applications and systems.

Are you tired of managing multiple clouds and services separately, causing a headache for your team and budget? Fear not, as service meshes like Istio and Consul are here to save the day! In this blog, we’ll explore how these amazing platforms provide a single pane of glass for traffic, observability, and security, making hybrid multicloud solutions easier to manage and optimize. But first, let’s define what a service mesh is.