Infrastructure-as-code tools automate cloud resource provisioning. These tools have names drawn from mythology, geography, and portmanteaus — learn to say them correctly.
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How do you pronounce Pulumi (infrastructure as code platform)?
Pulumi is pronounced 'poo-LOO-mee' (/puːˈluːmi/), three syllables with stress on the second. The name is inspired by 'pulumi', the Hawaiian word for 'cloud' — fitting for a cloud infrastructure-as-code platform. The company was founded by former Microsoft engineers. Both 'u' vowels are long: poo-LOO-mee.
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How do you pronounce CDK8s (Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes)?
CDK8s is pronounced 'see-dee-KAYTS' (/ˌsiːdiːˈkeɪts/), reading C-D-K followed by '8s'. The '8' stands for the 8 letters in 'Kubernetes' (like k8s), and the 's' makes it possessive/plural. AWS's Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes lets you define K8s manifests in Python, TypeScript, and Java. Stress on KAYTS: see-dee-KAYTS.
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How do you pronounce Crossplane (cloud-native control plane)?
Crossplane is pronounced 'KROS-playn' (/ˈkrɒspleɪn/), two syllables with stress on the first. The name blends 'cross' (crossing cloud boundaries) and 'plane' (control plane in Kubernetes terminology). The CNCF project extends Kubernetes to provision and manage cloud infrastructure. Short 'o' in 'cross': KROS-playn.
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How do you pronounce Atlantis (Terraform pull request automation)?
Atlantis is pronounced 'at-LAN-tis' (/ətˈlæntɪs/), three syllables with stress on the second. The legendary sunken civilisation of Atlantis — vast, powerful, and full of resources — lends its name to this Terraform automation tool that manages infrastructure at scale via pull requests. The initial 'a' reduces to a schwa: at-LAN-tis.
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How do you pronounce Digger (open-source IaC orchestration tool)?
Digger is pronounced 'DIG-ər' (/ˈdɪɡər/), two syllables with stress on the first. The name evokes digging — going deep into infrastructure to manage it programmatically. The open-source CI/CD tool for Terraform and OpenTofu allows infrastructure changes to be run in your own CI system. Short 'i' as in 'big': DIG-ər.