In this themed episode of AWS TechChat, we are joined by Darko Meshzaros as he helps to navigate all things Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration Management. IaC is such an important concept for advancing your IT maturity, this really is a practical episode and if these concepts are new to you, research these further as it’s something that will put you in good step in your IT career. In this episode we take a journey around IaC and Configuration Management and talk about some of the core concepts and hopefully demystify many of the topics for you. We answer the question why IaC, discuss about elasticity with IaC being key here before pivoting and discussing the differences between IaC vs. Configuration Management. Before closing out, we talk through AWS offering such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (cdktf), Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes (CDK8s) and the AWS OpsWorks family. Speakers: Shane Baldacchino - Edge Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS Darko Meszaros - Senior Developer Advocate, AWS