APAmaresh Pelletiindevtoolhub.hashnode.dev·23h ago · 7 min readGrafana Tempo 3.1: Query-Based Trace Redaction ExplainedOriginally published on DevToolHub. Grafana Tempo 3.1 shipped on 2026-09-30 with a feature that matters the moment something goes wrong, not when everything's fine: redaction by query. Before this re00
APAmaresh Pelletiindevtoolhub.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 7 min readYAML vs JSON for LLMs: Real Token Counts, Real GotchasOriginally published on DevToolHub. YAML vs JSON for LLMs isn't just a style preference — it changes how many tokens you pay for on every request. I ran both formats through a real tokenizer on ident00
APAmaresh Pelletiindevtoolhub.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 6 min readTerraform State Explained: Locking, Backups, and RecoveryOriginally published on DevToolHub. Terraform state causes more real incidents than almost anything else in the tool — a stuck lock, a corrupted file, a state rm that touched the wrong resource. Most00
APAmaresh Pelletiindevtoolhub.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 7 min readTerragrunt vs Terraform: What's Actually DifferentTerragrunt isn't a Terraform competitor. It's a thin wrapper that runs on top of OpenTofu or Terraform, and the confusion about what it actually adds is real enough that "terragrunt vs terraform works00
APAmaresh Pelletiindevtoolhub.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 6 min readOpenTofu 1.13: What's New and What Terraform Still Doesn't HaveOriginally published on DevToolHub. OpenTofu 1.13.0 shipped on September 30, 2026. Officially-supported Windows on ARM64, a set of new functions, and upgrades to the state-encryption system it shippe00