ClickOps Is Not a Disaster Plan & Wont Scale

This article examines the pitfalls of 'ClickOps'—manually configuring cloud infrastructure via web consoles—in growing tech companies. It describes how this approach leads to undocumented, fragile setups that become 'infrastructure debt' as teams scale. Using a real-world example of a company serving hundreds of thousands of users with no disaster recovery or business continuity plan, the author argues that adopting Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CDK is essential for automation, disaster management, and long-term scalability. The piece targets developers and founders who may underestimate operational maturity needs.